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# Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) system

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/laser-capture-microdissection-lcm-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0386f6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Exeter: "Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) system". 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 Exeter](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-exeter-urn-133817)
- **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):** Lasers, Medical equipments, Medical laser other than for surgery
- **Delivery Location:** UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £479,167 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0386f6`

## 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.
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- **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/laser-capture-microdissection-lcm-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0386f6#tl-md)

## Description
The University of Exeter is looking to purchase a Leica LMD6 Laser Microdissection (LMD) System.  This system stage to be kept still during dissection, ensuring accurate dissection of target cells. Microscope slide bed motors can be disengaged for free movement of the stage by hand and the software picks up the position, speeding up identification of an area of interest.  Optics are specifically designed for laser microdissection; these custom-made objectives are made for the process and will therefore be more accurate and last longer.  This system includes the software specific to Leica that enables the automated dissection of cells from samples based on an original selection criteria, this allows for automated sample collection, speeding up the process dramatically and making high throughput study designs possible. The LMD design means that samples are dissected and collected contact- and contamination-free..

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33100000, 38636100
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** The University of Exeter is looking to purchase a Leica LMD6 Laser Microdissection (LMD) System.  This system stage to be kept still during dissection, ensuring accurate dissection of target cells. Microscope slide bed motors can be disengaged for fr...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 032955-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-36436`
  - Value: £240,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) system (active)
  - Award id: `035336-2022-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Leica Microsystems UK**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-36436`
  - Value: £239,167 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) system (active)
  - Signed Value: £239,167
  - Signed Date: 08/12/2022

- **Contract:** 032955-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £240,000
  - Signed Date: 18/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035336-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-14T10:39:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T15:35:07.709Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0386f6