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# Supply and Maintenance of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-and-maintenance-of-a-confocal-laser-scanning-microscope-ocds-h6vhtk-03de05). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: "Supply and Maintenance of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cambridge-university-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rgt)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Installation services of medical and surgical equipment, Medical equipments, Microscopes
- **Delivery Location:** UKH12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03de05`

## 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/supply-and-maintenance-of-a-confocal-laser-scanning-microscope-ocds-h6vhtk-03de05#tl-md)

## Description
Supply and maintenance of a confocal laser scanning microscope designed for the  pathological analysis and diagnosis of biopsies during cancer tumour assessment.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 33100000, 51400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The new, more rapid, kidney cancer pathway to shorten the diagnostic journey and time for patients requires a confocal laser scanning microscope designed for the analysis of diagnostic biopsies. We plan to extend the use in the future to other cancer...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Supply and Maintenance of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (active)
  - Award id: `018738-2023-ADD/PU/KM/23/09-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Vivascope GmbH**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-86365`
  - Value: €200,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Supply and Maintenance of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (active)
  - Signed Value: €200,000
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018738-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-30T15:35:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T08:28:24.739Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03de05