Published date: 5 December 2018

Last edited date: 5 December 2018

This notice was replaced on 31 January 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 31 January 2019, last edited 31 January 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use - 33110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£25,000

Procurement reference

tender_195467/730394

Published date

5 December 2018

Closing date

18 December 2018

Contract start date

19 December 2018

Contract end date

17 December 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Public Health England (PHE) is planning to purchase imaging systems suitable for work in category 3 laboratories. Due to the nature of the work, the equipment must be able to fulfil the following requirements:
- Be easily portable.
- Be fully-integrated, and not require connected PC for image acquisition.
- Must fit inside a microbiological safety cabinet and be suitable to work in the sterile environment
- Must be capable of brightfield and phase contrast imaging.
- Must have 4x, 10x, 20x objectives.
- Must have the ability to image without oculars (eyepieces).
- Must have a 3MP (minimum) sensitive colour image capture system
- Must be able to export images as PNG, JPEG, BMP, or TIFF formats via a USB port.
- Must have a mechanical stage with X-Y axis controls.

If you feel that you have a solution which can meet the requirements outlined above, please contact Anna Gibson anna.gibson@phe.gov.uk with details of your proposed solution by no later than 18th December 2018.

More information

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About the buyer

Address

61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
England

Email

kallie.rivers@phe.gov.uk