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# Cell Sorter for Biological Sciences

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cell-sorter-for-biological-sciences-ocds-h6vhtk-04b5df). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Southampton: "Cell Sorter for Biological Sciences". Published status: complete. Published Value: £745,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Southampton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-southampton-urn-133879)
- **Published Value:** £745,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 December 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Analysis apparatus, Checking and testing apparatus, Detection apparatus, Medical computer equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £532,017 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b5df`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/cell-sorter-for-biological-sciences-ocds-h6vhtk-04b5df#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofsouthampton%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cell-sorter-for-biological-sciences-ocds-h6vhtk-04b5df#participate

## Description
Biological Sciences have a requirement for a cell sorter, an instrument with the capability to separate and sort a mixed population of biological cells into different fractions for analysis or ongoing growth in separate cultures.
Once sorted, cells must be kept sterile and uncontaminated, the cell sorter will have the capability of sorting populations into a multi-well plate format inside an integral biological safety cabinet.
This requirement includes training for University staff and ongoing technical and experimental support.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33197000, 38431000, 38432000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £745,000
- **Description:** This procurement builds on a pressing need for a system capable of spectral high-performance, multi-parameter fluorescence-activated cell/nucleus sorting that will serve a cross-disciplinary consortium of research groups in life sciences at the Unive...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013192-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Life Technologies**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93814`
  - Value: £532,017 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 013192-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £532,017
  - Signed Date: 06/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013192-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-04T14:51:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:04:34.971Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04b5df