Purchase of a Sorter for INCR
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Bionomous
- Value
- CHF 72,012.5
- Topic
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Published
- 15 December 2025
Tender description
EggSorter Zebrafish Fluorescence Platform Lot 1: Bionomous have developed an automated fluorescence egg sorter that operates similarly to a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS). This system captures multichannel fluorescence images of hundreds of eggs and uses AI analysis to sort them into separate containers, enabling faster and more accurate sorting. Automating this process will free up researchers’ time for more complex activities, attract additional grants by enabling large-scale screening projects, and ultimately facilitate more complex, high-throughput screening and multidisciplinary research.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date2 December 2025
- Completed: Award published15 December 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
- 38000000 · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
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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