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# UKRI-2399 High Specification Flow Cytometer/Cell Sorter (min 6 lasers)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2399-high-specification-flow-cytometer-cell-sorter-min-6-lasers-ocds-h6vhtk-0384eb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-2399 High Specification Flow Cytometer/Cell Sorter (min 6 lasers)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £608,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** £608,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 December 2022 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Cytometers
- **Delivery Location:** UKH12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £632,477 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2399-high-specification-flow-cytometer-cell-sorter-min-6-lasers-ocds-h6vhtk-0384eb#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0384eb`

## 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/ukri-2399-high-specification-flow-cytometer-cell-sorter-min-6-lasers-ocds-h6vhtk-0384eb#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Ftenders%2FUK-UK-Swindon%3A-Cytometers.%2FTB67EP83TB)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2399-high-specification-flow-cytometer-cell-sorter-min-6-lasers-ocds-h6vhtk-0384eb#participate

## Description
The LMB Flow Cytometry Unit is looking for a high-specification flow cytometer cell sorter that offers high
resolution, sensitivity, and high-parameter fluorescence detection, high-throughput fluidics, and flexible nozzle
and pressure options to sort a wide array of particles including bacteria, and live cell types such as from primary tissues in single cell suspension or mammalian cell lines.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £603,000
- **Description:** The LMB Flow Cytometry Unit is looking for a high-specification flow cytometer cell sorter that offers high
resolution, sensitivity, and high-parameter fluorescence detection, high-throughput fluidics, and flexible nozzle
and pressure options to sort...
- **Contract Period:** 23/01/2023 to 23/01/2024

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 005216-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Life Technologies Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93814`
  - Value: £632,477 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 005216-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £632,477
  - Signed Date: 14/02/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005216-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-21T16:05:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T21:53:46.509Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0384eb