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# 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.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2501-24-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-and-maintenance-of-two-live-cell-im-ocds-h6vhtk-042dab). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Queen's University Belfast: "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.". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Queen's University Belfast](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/queen-s-university-belfast-GB-NIC-101788)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 February 2024 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use, Medical imaging services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042dab`

## Before you bid
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- **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.

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## Description
Queens 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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33110000, 85150000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** 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.

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008963-2024-QUB/2501/24-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Sartorius**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-165931`
  - Value: £1,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008963-2024-QUB/2501/24-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000
  - Signed Date: 20/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008963-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-20T10:56:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T09:36:48.070Z
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