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Confocal (spinning disk) microscope with isolation table and environmental chamber

Microscopes
North West (UKD3)
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Tenderline Synopsis: UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER: "Confocal (spinning disk) microscope with isolation table and environmental chamber". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTERScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
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Contracting AuthorityUNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
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Published22 Feb 2021, 17:13 GMT
Last source update22 Feb 2021, 17:13 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMicroscopes
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029507
What is being bought
This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice to alert the market of the University of Manchester intention to award a contract for the provision of a Confocal (Spinning Disk) Microscope system with isolation table and environmental chamber intended for the Manchester Cancer Research Centre.
What changed
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  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Feb 2021, 17:13 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    22 Feb 2021, 17:13 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    22 Feb 2021, 17:13 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
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  • Lot 1 · #1
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    Our research groups at The University of Manchester Cancer Research Centre require a high specification Confocal (Spinning Disk) Microscope system with isolation table and environmental chamber to support essential Cancer research activities due to begin end of March. The Funding has been awarded for the Manchester Cancer Research Centre based in the OCRB (Oglesby Cancer Research Building).
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    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    22 Feb 2021, 17:13 GMT
  2. Award active
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  3. Contract active
    Signed 17 Feb 2021, 00:00 GMT · £240,000
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£240,000 · signed 17 Feb 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
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UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Contracting authority GB-FTS-6316
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  • UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
    buyer

    Room G005,John Owens Building, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, UKD3, M139PL
    janet.disley@manchester.ac.uk
    +44 1612753912

  • Olympus Keymed
    supplier

    Keymed House, Southend-on-Sea, UKH3, SS2 5QH

  • The High Court of Justice of England
    reviewBody

    Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

  • The University of Manchester
    reviewContactPoint

    Manchester, M13 9PL
    procurement@manchester.ac.uk
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Procedure rationaleThis is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice to alert the market of the University of Manchester intention to award a contract. Please note: an award has not been made for this requirement. The University of Manchester will incorporate a standstill period of 10 calendar days. The essential components of confocal microscopy in viable cells is optical quality which impacts resolution and sensitivity. As the majority of our cells do not experience visible light the act of imaging using high intensity lasers is an artificial environment and detrimental to cell health (heating effects, DNA damage etc.). The feature of this system revolves around the increased resolution and sensitivity offered by the new line of Olympus objective lenses. As a consequence, laser power for illumination is reduced, light based biological damage reduced thus extending the timeframe for the research question. As much of this work will be detection of low light signals in live cell samples this is essential. The specialist range of objective lens that are suitable for both single cell and thicker tissues e.g. organoid and spheroids. These are the critical aspects of the Olympus system that will make the intended research possible. To improve detection the system will be enclosed in an opaque environmental chamber so that the light from accompanying electronics with LEDs will be nullified.