Published date: 8 September 2016

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: 16 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments - 33100000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP217935514

Published date

8 September 2016

Closing date

16 September 2016

Contract start date

1 November 2016

Contract end date

30 November 2016

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

The Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology requires a band saw to prepare thin sections of teeth and slices of bone.

Ground sections of calcified teeth are required for the diagnosis of certain pathological conditions.

The sections must be reproducibly thin and of high quality.

Pathological bone often needs decalcifying prior to thin sectioning. This process can be accelerated by taking slices of the bone on the band saw and decalcifying the slices rather than the whole specimen. This reduces turn-around time in the diagnosis of bone pathology.

In order to facilitate this work, the band saw must:
- have interchangeable clamping systems for different sizes of specimen.
- have the ability to cut through very hard materials (eg. tungsten implants) as well as through soft tissues.
- be capable of cutting small specimens (eg. paediatric teeth) down to a thickness of 150 microns.
- allow setting of section thickness with micrometer accuracy.
- produce slices or thin sections of combined hard and soft tissues in which the microscopic relationship of all tissues is maintained.
- have a pivoting clamp system which minimises the area of contact between specimen and blade at any one moment thus keeping specimen damage to an absolute minimum.

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The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Glyn Elliott

Address

Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU
UK

Telephone

+441143052709

Email

glyn.elliott@sth.nhs.uk