Published date: 21 August 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 30 May 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy - 09000000

  • Scanning electron microscopes - 38511100

  • Transmission electron microscope - 38511200

    • Ion and molecular microscopes - 38512000

    • Ion microscopes - 38512100

    • Molecular microscopes - 38512200

    • Inverted and metallurgical microscopes - 38513000

    • Inverted microscopes - 38513100

    • Metallurgical microscopes - 38513200

    • Darkfield microscopes - 38514100

    • Scanning probe microscopes - 38514200

    • Fluorescent and polarising microscopes - 38515000

    • Polarising microscopes - 38515100

    • Microscope objectives - 38519200

    • Laboratory microscope replacement bulbs - 38519500

    • Freezers - 39711120

    • Industrial freezers - 39711124

    • Installation services of laboratory equipment - 51430000

    • Laboratory services - 71900000

    • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

East of England, London, South East

Value of contract

£450,000

Procurement reference

tender_195862/793598

Published date

21 August 2019

Closing date

30 May 2019

Contract start date

2 September 2019

Contract end date

1 September 2029

Contract type

Not specified

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Agency wishes to purchase a new Freeze Drying Mictoscope.

A suitable freeze-drying Microscope unit should consist of:
1. A temperature controller, ideally with a temperature and pressure readout and a programmable profile function for full control of the system during analysis.
2. A digital camera with a specification of at least 2.3 million pixels and a 12-bit digital colour output.
3. A Liquid nitrogen pump and Dewar containing a twin pump mechanism for faster cooling.
4. A vacuum gauge with a pressure range from atmospheric to 10-4 mBar and a motorised valve.
5. An imaging Station with articulated head for easy sample loading and cleaning, with dimmable LED source in combination with an efficient, custom-designed electronics module and polarised light filter. The lifetime of the LED should adequate such as but not limited to 60.000 hours and good to be maintenance free. Electrical power should be a maximum of 10.0W. The LED colour temperature ideally about 4500K.
6. A cryostage, such as but not limited to, FDCS 196 or equivalent.
7. A Workstation featuring minimum specification; Intel core i7 3.2GHz processor, 8GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, motherboard, Windows 10 (64 Bit), NET framework 4.0, USB 3.0 connection, HD Monitor, keyboard and mouse is preferable.
8. The temperature control, real-time digital video and measurement software should ideally have a live temperature and pressure information, allowing full monitoring and adjustment of experimental conditions, up to 80Gb file sizes with all captured images and experimental conditions and image compressors to create JPEG image files or AVI videos of the analysis.
9. Set-up, test and full system validation against a range of standard solutions with documented critical temperatures prior to dispatch.
10. Ongoing support for interpretation of results as required and an image analysis software package that helps to minimise subjectivity in determining Tc and Teu is desirable.
Manufacturers would be required to demonstrate that their instrument can measure a range of standard solutions and their documented critical temperatures should be provided. Equipment size should be designed for benchtop and should not exceed: Width = 170cm (includes all the components), Depth = 60cm, Height = 100cm. A demonstration may be required as well as onsite installation and training if successful.
11. Our current microscope should be removed by the successful supplier for reuse as the Agency is a green organisation and we wish to minimise any environmental impact.

Potential suppliers if they feel they can meet the requirement should email Nawaz.habib@nibsc.org to register an interest by close of play 30 May 2019.

Award information

Awarded date

21 August 2019

Contract start date

2 September 2019

Contract end date

1 September 2029

Total value of contract

£45,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Biopharma Process Systems Ltd

Address

Biopharma House, Winnall Valley Road, Winchester, SO23 0LD, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Blanche Lane, South Mimms,
Potters Bar
EN6 3QG
England

Email

nawaz.habib@nibsc.org