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# Benchtop imaging microscope for neuroscience research

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/benchtop-imaging-microscope-for-neuroscience-research-ocds-h6vhtk-0555be). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Of Edinburgh: "Benchtop imaging microscope for neuroscience research". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University Of Edinburgh](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-edinburgh-GB-FTS-2023)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Microscopes
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £345,825 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0555be`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/benchtop-imaging-microscope-for-neuroscience-research-ocds-h6vhtk-0555be#tl-md)

## Description
The Grant Laboratory has a requirement for a specialist microscope system for neuroscience research.  This is of a spinning disc type with sophisticated imaging (including imagine processing and AI assistance).  As a distinctive factor it is important that the system is of a ‘single box’ type, portable, and does not require a specialist laboratory environment (climate controlled, air table) so that more devices can be fitted in a single laboratory and they are more accessible and easy to use.  Two such machines are required; they must be easy to operate and the total price including all features and servicing must not exceed a total budget cost of GBP346k
We believe competition is absent for technical reasons; it is reasonably believed that no alternative device with the particular properties and benefits of the Andor B43 is likely to be available and alternative devices would require significant compromises on key benefits to be acceptable.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Grant Laboratory has a requirement for a specialist microscope system for neuroscience research.  This is of a spinning disc type with sophisticated imaging (including imagine processing and AI assistance).  As a distinctive factor it is importan...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 036046-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Andor Technology Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-163164`
  - Value: £345,825 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 036046-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £345,825
  - Signed Date: 26/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036046-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-30T11:04:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:51:35.248Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0555be