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title: "LUV01122 The supply, installation, commissioning, training and maintenance of a high-plex combined automated tissue section staining and imaging system with associated analysis software."
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# LUV01122 The supply, installation, commissioning, training and maintenance of a high-plex combined automated tissue section staining and imaging system with associated analysis software.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/luv01122-the-supply-installation-commissioning-training-and-maintenance-of-a-high-plex-com-ocds-h6vhtk-037338). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Leicester: "LUV01122 The supply, installation, commissioning, training and maintenance of a high-plex combined automated tissue section staining and imaging system with associated analysis software.". Published status: complete. Published Value: £405,806. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Leicester](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-leicester-urn-133832)
- **Published Value:** £405,806 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 November 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Biomedical equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKF21
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £405,802 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/luv01122-the-supply-installation-commissioning-training-and-maintenance-of-a-high-plex-com-ocds-h6vhtk-037338#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-037338`

## 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/luv01122-the-supply-installation-commissioning-training-and-maintenance-of-a-high-plex-com-ocds-h6vhtk-037338#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Ftenders%2FUK-UK-Leicester%3A-Biomedical-equipment.%2FCE5C4XVH97)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/luv01122-the-supply-installation-commissioning-training-and-maintenance-of-a-high-plex-com-ocds-h6vhtk-037338#participate

## Description
The University of Leicester wishes to procure a combined automated tissue staining and imaging platform (High-plex tissue imaging platform – HPTIP), with an associated analysis software package for the rapid, non-destructive high-plex staining, imaging and analysis of research samples including human and mouse formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue sections. The system MUST be supplied as a single package (and single invoice) containing the instrument/hardware, software, installation, commissioning and training. Award of contract is subject to: 1) Provision of grant funding to the University via the MRC medium equipment award 2022 (a decision on which is not expected before the end of October 2022); and 2) Agreement by the successful supplier that the contract will be concluded and paid for by 31st of March 2022 (after which the grant expires)

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** The Leicester Cancer Research Centre (LCRC) and the University of Leicester Advanced Imaging Facility (AIF) wishes to procure a combined automated tissue staining and imaging platform (High-plex tissue imaging platform – HPTIP) with associated analys...
- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2022 to 31/03/2023

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Automated tissue section staining and imaging system with associated analysis software (active)
  - Award id: `036117-2022-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Akoya Biosciences, Inc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-89994`
  - Value: £405,802 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Automated tissue section staining and imaging system with associated analysis software (active)
  - Signed Value: £405,802
  - Signed Date: 14/12/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036117-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-20T19:05:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T00:35:10.077Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-037338