Microscope upgrade
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Nikon UK
- Value
- £419,989.68
- Topic
- Microscopes
- Published
- 4 November 2025
Tender description
The Centre for Discovery of Brain Science wishes to upgrade an incumbent Nikon widefield microscope. This will provide research groups with additional capability. Lot 1: The Centre for Discovery of Brain Science wishes to upgrade an incumbent Nikon widefield microscope; this will provide research groups with additional capability. This fundamentally consists in upgrading from a wide-field to spinning disc operating modality. This is a call-off from APUC Framework LAB1028AP utilising the Ranked Award procedure. This is a call-off from APUC Framework LAB1028AP utilising the Ranked Award procedure
Timeline
- Completed: Award date3 November 2025
- Completed: Award published4 November 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
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov |
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