Official UK procurement notice
QUB/2501/24 Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Two Live-Cell Imaging Systems for use in a Maintained Carbon Dioxide and Humidity Environment.
Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQueens University of Belfast wishes to procure two high throughput live-cell imaging analysis systems, to support the work of researchers in PGJCCR with live cell imaging in real time under optimal conditions of cell growth in a properly maintained carbon dioxide and humidity environment to enable the efficient capture of cellular changes as they happen in the incubator. It is essential that the system is capable of multiplate/vessel imaging, up to a capacity of 6 plates/vessels and including capacity to image a 384 well plate, to meet the volume of analysis that the centre is undertaking.The system should enable high resolution fluorescence and bright field images to be captured and recorded in real time over hours, days, or weeks. A fully flexible imaging system is required to enables users to observe and quantify complex biological changes over time in cells and 3d structures such as spheroids and organoid models.A fully integrated image acquisition system for data analysis is e
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Two…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,000,000
Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Two Live-Cell Imaging Systems for use in a Maintained Carbon Dioxide and Humidity Environment.
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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).
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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)
- Qualitative Requirements: 20%
- price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Requirements: 20
- Price: 80
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 16 Jan 2024, 16:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2024, 10:56 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Feb 2024 – …
- Authority reference
QUB/2501/24- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008963- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042dabFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 15 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
Timeline
15 Feb 2024 → 20 Mar 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline15 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
- Bids opened15 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
- Notice published20 Mar 2024, 10:56 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2024, 10:56 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sartorius UK LimitedSME | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 008963-2024-QUB/2501/24-1 · Sartorius UK LimitedSME
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2024
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SartoriusAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.