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# Flow Cytometry Unit Bundle Service Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flow-cytometry-unit-bundle-service-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-04d3d3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: "Flow Cytometry Unit Bundle Service Contract". 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:** [THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £434,478 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d3d3`

## 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/flow-cytometry-unit-bundle-service-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-04d3d3#tl-md)

## Description
The Flow Cytometry Unit at the University of Birmingham supports flow cytometry, cell sorting and mass cytometry across the University of Birmingham (UoB); the Technology Hub Flow Cytometry core facility is based in the Institute of Biomedical Research (IBR) in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences (MDS), the Flow Cytometry team also support instruments in the UoB Laboratories at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Institute of Translational Medicine and the College of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES).
To ensure quality control and the highest level of service we require to have service contracts in place for all our equipment with the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). This includes 4 BD Fortessa X20 and 2 BD Aria Fusion. The purchase is for all the service contracts (as a bundle) to the existing equipment and will be for a period of 4 years.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The Flow Cytometry Unit at the University of Birmingham supports flow cytometry, cell sorting and mass cytometry across the University of Birmingham (UoB); the Technology Hub Flow Cytometry core facility is based in the Institute of Biomedical Resear...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Flow Cytometry Unit Bundle Service Contract (active)
  - Award id: `001551-2025-SC13422/24-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Becton Dickinson U.K. Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-12775`
  - Value: £434,478 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Flow Cytometry Unit Bundle Service Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £434,478
  - Signed Date: 16/01/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001551-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-16T16:00:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:50:02.614Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d3d3