Awarded contract

Award of Purchase of Histology Microtome (MS-P-0364)

Details

Supplier(s)
Epredia
Value
£21,241.32
Topic
Scientific installations
Published
11 January 2025

Tender description

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Histology Microtome.The instrument will be used in the Preparation of high-quality histological tissuesections as essential for accurate histopathological analysis and diagnosis.In order to improve the efficiency and precision of our tissue sectioning process, the requirement is for a fully automated microtome equipped with a waterbath section transfer system.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published11 January 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 June 2025

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 45214630 · Scientific installations

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