Awarded contract

Spectral Cytometer - QMRI

Details

Supplier(s)
Sony Europe B.V.
Value
£309,872.4
Topic
Cytometers
Published
6 February 2025

Tender description

The Queen’s Medical Research Institute (QMRI) has received funding to purchase a Spectral Cell Analyzer Cytometer. The objective of this purchase is to meet the growing complexities of the required research. The selected cytometer will enable high-throughput and high-dimensional cell analysis, offering greater flexibility in panel design and the characterisation of over 45 parameters (compared to 14 with the existing instrument). It will also integrate seamlessly with the current instrument, ensuring continuity in operations, and is adaptable to future needs, thus extending the equipment’s lifetime. Lot 1: The Queen’s Medical Research Institute (QMRI) has received funding to purchase a Spectral Cell Analyzer Cytometer. The objective of this purchase is to meet the growing complexities of the required research. The selected cytometer will enable high-throughput and high-dimensional cell analysis, offering greater flexibility in panel design and the characterisation of over 45 parameters (compared to 14 with the existing instrument). It will also integrate seamlessly with the current instrument, ensuring continuity in operations, and is adaptable to future needs, thus extending the equipment’s lifetime

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 February 2025
  2. Completed: Award published6 February 2025
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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

  • 38434510 · Cytometers

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