Awarded contract

Portable Photosynthesis System

Details

Value
£67,814
Topic
Medical equipments
Published
17 January 2024

Tender description

The Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences is currently working on a short-term project spanning 24 months, which began in October 2023. The project is focused exclusively on measuring small Arabidopsis plants. Giving the number of plant lines to be generated and characterised within a brief timeline, a dedicated piece of equipment is required for high-throughput measurements of plant gas exchange and fluorescence. This equipment is critical for measuring changes or enhancements in photosynthetic performance such as A/Ci curve analysis. To meet the above requirements the LI-COR LI-6800F Portable Photosynthesis System with Fluorometer (LICOR 6800) has been identified as the sole equipment with readily available software and tools tailored for high-throughput ‘RACIR’ A/Ci curve measurements (Stinziano et al. 2017, Plant, Cell and Environment 40:1256). This capability is paramount for achieving the stipulated high-throughput objectives

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date8 January 2024
  2. Completed: Award published17 January 2024
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About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Larger tenders are advertised on Public Contract Scotland, via the PCS-T e-tendering platform. Suppliers must register separately on both systems before bidding. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. The Strategic Procurement team leads regulated sourcing, while Operational Procurement manages day-to-day purchase orders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33100000 · Medical equipments
  • 38000000 · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

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