Procurement of a CryoFIB SEM
Details
- Supplier(s)
- FEI Company
- Value
- £1,499,734
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Published
- 14 February 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
The University of Bristol is sought tenders for a versatile, fully integrated dual beam Focused Ion Beam/ Scanning Electron Microscope (FIBSEM) with a Cryo-stage that will allow the milling of lamella from frozen-hydrated cells and tissue (via cryo lift out). A contract has now been awarded to FEI UK Ltd following an Open Tender.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published14 February 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date14 February 2025
- Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 2 years
About the buyer
University of Bristol is a higher education institution that buys through its own procurement team. Suppliers register on the university's e-tendering portal at tenders.bris.ac.uk to view and bid for opportunities. Contract notices appear on Contracts Finder to reach a wider pool of bidders. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks from the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium and the Crown Commercial Service. Category teams advise faculties and divisions on purchases before tenders are issued. Tenders are issued directly when no suitable framework applies. The procurement team is an active member of the Higher Education Procurement Association.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Bristol's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, transport equipment and architectural and engineering services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 38000000 · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 38511000 · Electron microscopes
- 38511100 · Scanning electron microscopes
- 38512100 · Ion microscopes
- 38515200 · Fluorescent microscopes
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-bristol.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-bristol.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-bristol.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-bristol.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-bristol.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-bristol.gov |
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