Awarded contract

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

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

  1. Completed: Award published14 February 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date14 February 2025
  3. 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

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