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# Purchase of a High Content Imaging Microscope

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-of-a-high-content-imaging-microscope-ocds-h6vhtk-05cf9f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Huddersfield: "Purchase of a High Content Imaging Microscope". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: neupc.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Huddersfield](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-huddersfield-urn-133822)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Microscopes
- **Delivery Location:** UKE
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-of-a-high-content-imaging-microscope-ocds-h6vhtk-05cf9f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05cf9f`

## 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/purchase-of-a-high-content-imaging-microscope-ocds-h6vhtk-05cf9f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [neupc.delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneupc.delta-esourcing.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-of-a-high-content-imaging-microscope-ocds-h6vhtk-05cf9f#participate

## Description
The 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.
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1004139521

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38510000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £500,000

- **Contract Period:** 18/12/2025 to 17/12/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **Nikon UK, Branch of Nikon Europe BV**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:FC037710`
  - Value: £500,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 05/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066654-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-05T16:05:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T08:59:57.142Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05cf9f