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title: "The Provision and Maintenance of a Cell Sorter"
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# The Provision and Maintenance of a Cell Sorter

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-and-maintenance-of-a-cell-sorter-ocds-h6vhtk-078df1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** MHRA: "The Provision and Maintenance of a Cell Sorter". Published status: active. Published Value: £475,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 28 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [MHRA](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mhra-gov-ea63)
- **Published Value:** £475,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 November 2026 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-and-maintenance-of-a-cell-sorter-ocds-h6vhtk-078df1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078df1`

## 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/the-provision-and-maintenance-of-a-cell-sorter-ocds-h6vhtk-078df1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-and-maintenance-of-a-cell-sorter-ocds-h6vhtk-078df1#participate

## Description
The Agency is looking to purchase a Cell Sorter as a replacement for Aria Cell Sorter (s/n P64828200097). This will include the purchase and maintenance of bespoke consumables and auxiliary equipment, if applicable.    
This cell sorter will support a number of projects such as Cancer Genomics, CAR-T cells, nanobody production, immune cell expansion, stem cells isolations, microbiome strain isolations.  
It will be required to isolate specific cell populations (e.g. transfected cells or cells with a specific phenotype) or allow clonal expansion of cells or feed into single cell sequencing pipelines if pre-isolation of cells is required.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 38000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £475,000

- **Contract Period:** 28/12/2026 to 28/12/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F100001-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-22T12:47:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T12:45:57.298Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078df1