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# Procurement of a Multi-purpose Confocal Imaging System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-a-multi-purpose-confocal-imaging-system-ocds-h6vhtk-05d781). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Bristol: "Procurement of a Multi-purpose Confocal Imaging System". Published status: active. Published Value: £600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT. Published submission portal: tenders.bris.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Bristol](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-bristol-urn-133799)
- **Published Value:** £600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 December 2025 at 13:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Checking and testing apparatus, Optical instruments
- **Delivery Location:** CZ03
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-a-multi-purpose-confocal-imaging-system-ocds-h6vhtk-05d781#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d781`

## 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/procurement-of-a-multi-purpose-confocal-imaging-system-ocds-h6vhtk-05d781#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [tenders.bris.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftenders.bris.ac.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-a-multi-purpose-confocal-imaging-system-ocds-h6vhtk-05d781#participate

## Description
Note: This tender process will be governed by the internal Procurement Policy of the University of Bristol. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of this procurement, the University of Bristol is not a Contracting Authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023, which will accordingly not apply to this procurement.
The University of Bristol’s Wolfson Bioimaging Facility based in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences wishes to expand its current suite of fluorescence microscopes (confocal, spinning disk, widefield, lightsheet, multiphoton, TIRF, SMLM, STED, FLIM) to extend capacity and capabilities for live cell, organism and organoid imaging.
The opportunity to expand the Wolfson Bioimaging Facility has arisen following the award of a BBSRC ALERT 24 grant to provide equipment for fast confocal imaging with low photodamage and high sensitivity.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 38500000, 38600000
- **Delivery regions:** CZ03
- **Delivery countries in notice:** CZ
- **Estimated Value:** £600,000

- **Contract Period:** 15/01/2026 to 31/07/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F069906-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-30T18:05:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T00:59:40.302Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05d781