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title: "QUB/2194/21 Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Associated Consumables for a Digital Pathology Scanner"
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# QUB/2194/21 Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Associated Consumables for a Digital Pathology Scanner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2194-21-contract-for-the-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-maintenance-and-as-ocds-h6vhtk-02f440). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Queens University Belfast: "QUB/2194/21 Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Associated Consumables for a Digital Pathology Scanner". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Queens University Belfast](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/queens-university-belfast-GB-FTS-149012)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 November 2021 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical equipments
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2194-21-contract-for-the-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-maintenance-and-as-ocds-h6vhtk-02f440#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f440`

## 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/qub-2194-21-contract-for-the-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-maintenance-and-as-ocds-h6vhtk-02f440#tl-md)

## Description
The Northern Ireland Precision Biomarkers and Therapeutics Consortium (NIPBT) is an industry-focused partnership of Life and Health Science (LHS) companies and Academia, aligned to NI Health and Economy strategies. By addressing critical commercial gaps, the Consortium's aim is to transform the productivity of each Commercial Partner and the broader LHS sector in NI. NIPBT will deploy the grant funding to collaboratively develop R and D capabilities that industry partners require.  Queen’s is leading the NIPBT and as such is tasked with procuring a Digital high throughput scanner automated tissue micro-array scanner for installation within the NI Biobank (NIB).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** The Northern Ireland Precision Biomarkers and Therapeutics Consortium (NIPBT) is an industry-focused partnership of Life and Health Science (LHS) companies and Academia, aligned to NI Health and Economy strategies. By addressing critical commercial g...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027859-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-05T15:31:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T08:13:37.428Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f440