Published date: 20 September 2022

This notice was replaced on 26 January 2023

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

Awarded contract (published 26 January 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Cytometers - 38434510

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£0 to £300,000

Procurement reference

SC10846/22

Published date

20 September 2022

Closing date

20 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply of a spectral flow cytometer cell analyser. This spectral flow cytometer cell analyser will be used to develop the biomedical research projects taking place at the College of Medical and Sciences. With this in mind, we expect from this instrument to provide advanced solutions for high-parametric multicolour analysis (from 25 colours and above) of cell suspensions derived from human and animal model tissues. We would positively consider an instrument with a peer-reviewed publication track record on small entities such as platelets, micro-organisms, extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles.


Instrument Specification:
• This instrument will have at least 5 lasers (355, 405, 488, 561, 640nm),
• This instrument must have at least 60 independent fluorescent channels,
• This instrument must have a maximum data acquisition event rates of at least 30,000 events/second,
• The software provided for the data acquisition and/or the data analysis must provide a user friendly spectral unmixing option resulting to comprehensive representations of high-parametric multicolour data,
• A volumetric measurement during sample recording would be positively considered,
• The instrument must come with an up-to-date and powerful computer for system control, data acquisition and data analysis. We expect this computer to be provided with the latest operating software,
After sales services:
• We expect a swift and high quality remoted and on-site technical supports for the all length of the instrument warranty as well as the additional service contracts we might purchase,
• A training package must be provided for a group of users,
• We expect the suppliers to provide us with educational resources and services dedicated to our instrument configuration as well as the development of high-parametric flow cytometry multicolour staining panels.

This project may be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or;
- European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) or;
- Research Councils UK (RCUK), the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils.

Your tender documents and information must be submitted via In-Tend by the date and time specified;
www.intendhost.com/universityofbirmingham

About the buyer

Contact name

Kseniya Samsonik

Address

University of Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM
B152TT
England

Email

k.samsonik@bham.ac.uk