Published date: 2 May 2017

Last edited date: 2 May 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 22 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£160,000

Procurement reference

NCL001-DN259237-48589118

Published date

2 May 2017

Closing date

22 May 2017

Contract start date

9 June 2017

Contract end date

9 October 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University is tendering for the purchase of a microfluidics system with integrated high resolution fluorescence microscope capable of culturing microbial biofilms in multiple parallel channels under uniform shear flow, and obtaining high resolution images of the biofilms. The system will be used for repeatedly imaging biofilms as they form and for obtaining 3-dimensional image reconstructions of biofilms.
The scope of this contract is for the supply, delivery and installation of equipment and as detailed in the Invitation to Tender to the University, with after-sales support and 12 months warranty and maintenance and all training necessary for safe and reliable operation of the system including sufficient familiarisation on-site to enable routine use of the system to start immediately on completion of installation and a complete set of operating and maintenance documents. Further service contracts and warranties may also be purchased.

More information

Additional text

The University will use its Due North e-tendering portal, Pro Contract, to conduct this tendering exercise. All information regarding this opportunity can be found on the portal. Details on how to register an interest, access the information and submit a proposal can be found at: https://procontract.duenorth.com/Login as detailed in the Contact Points above. Please note that first time suppliers to the University will need to register on the system before they are able to access this opportunity.

About the buyer

Contact name

Dave Anderson

Address

Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
England

Telephone

+44 1912225360

Email

dave.anderson@ncl.ac.uk

Website

http://www.ncl.ac.uk