Awarded contract

Spinning Disk Confocal System

Details

Value
£500,000
Duration
5 years
Topic
Microscopes
Published
29 May 2025

Tender description

Spinning Disk Confocal System, including extended service package. Call off from the following framework agreement: Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) Microscopy & Imaging Equipment Lot 4 - Super Resolution and Enhanced Resolution Microscopes

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published29 May 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 June 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 May 2030in 4 years

About the buyer

Aston University is a higher education provider in Birmingham, and buys through a dedicated Procurement Team. Tender opportunities are advertised on ProContract, the university's e-tendering system, where suppliers register free to respond. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender Service, with Contracts Finder used for smaller notices. Low-value construction work can be sourced through Constructionline. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks including SUPC, TUCO, ESPO and the Crown Commercial Service. The Procurement Team also maintains a Contracts Register of awarded tenders and framework agreements. All procurement follows financial regulations and University policy.

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

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

Relevant CPV codes

  • 38510000 · Microscopes

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