Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of a High Content Imaging Microscope
Authority: University of Huddersfield (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University seeks to procure a high-content imaging microscope system capable of automated acquisition across multi-well plates, slides and dishes, with confocal imaging as a minimum requirement and super-resolution imaging as a preferred/optioned capability. The solution must include a fully configured acquisition workstation attached to the microscope and a dedicated offline analysis/processing workstation for high-throughput image processing (e.g., GPU-accelerated deconvolution and ML-based segmentation).
Equipment should be targeted for delivery and installation by end of April 2025.
A comprehensive 5-year warranty and service/maintenance package is required.
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CPV: Microscopes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 2: 60%
- Criterion 1: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
HUD-AS-021- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066654- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cf9fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Oct 2025 → 14 Jan 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published365 days ago20 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
- Clarification questions by347 days ago7 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline340 days ago14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by315 days ago8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts306 days ago18 Dec 2025
- Assessment summaries sent288 days ago5 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published288 days ago5 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Standstill ends278 days ago14 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2025- Tender notice published20 Oct 2025, 12:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published5 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Contract signature expected19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikon UK, Branch of Nikon Europe BV20 Jan 2026 – 20 Jan 2030 | £500,000 | 5 Jan 2026standstill to 14 Jan 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nikon UK, Branch of Nikon Europe BVAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender