Published date: 23 June 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: 7 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£10,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

20170623160634-53042

Published date

23 June 2017

Closing date

7 July 2017

Contract start date

8 July 2017

Contract end date

9 July 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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This microscope will be available to all researchers in the Living Systems Institute at the University of Exeter to support their research. The research done with this equipment will include, but not be limited to:

• quantitative time-lapse microscopy of a large number of bacterial colonies at 37 C over the course of several days distributed on two microtiter plates,

• high-speed recording of animal larvae,
A platform for dissection and injection into animal eggs

To cover these needs, the microscope needs to be fully automated, have incubation capabilities and include a high-speed camera. To increase throughput, the stage will need to be large enough to allow for imaging of two microtiter plates. Magnification and resolution should be capable of spanning the size range from observing single yeast cells to a field of view about 20 mm wide (without stitching).

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About the buyer

Contact name

Nicholas taylor

Address

Northcote House
Exeter
EX4 4QH
ENG

Telephone

+44 1392725870

Email

n.taylor@exeter.ac.uk

Website

www.exeter.ac.uk