TC microscopes
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Nikon UK
- Value
- £79,228.55
- Topic
- Microscopes
- Published
- 6 January 2025
Tender description
A pool TC microscopes equipped with camera These microscopes will be used daily by CTR researchers checking on their cells in culture -either cell lines or primary cells. The microscopes can image cells in Phase Contrast -ideal for unstained samples. Furthermore, these TC microscopes can also image samples expressing fluorescent proteins in the blue, green, and red parts of the spectrum. We anticipate that many researchers in CTR will welcome these microscopes. Lot 1: TC microscopes equipped with camera.These microscopes will be used daily by CTR researchers checking on their cells in culture -either cell lines or primary cells. The microscopes can image cells in Phase Contrast -ideal for unstained samples. Furthermore, these TC microscopes can also image samples expressing fluorescent proteins in the blue, green, and red parts of the spectrum. We anticipate that many researchers in CTR will welcome these microscopes.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date3 January 2025
- Completed: Award published6 January 2025Current notice
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
- 38510000 · Microscopes
- 38512200 · Molecular microscopes
Decision makers
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