Published date: 17 February 2022

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: 9 March 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Microscope stages - 38519650

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£36,000

Procurement reference

2022UoS-0470

Published date

17 February 2022

Closing date

9 March 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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?

Yes


Description

We wish to procure a 6-axis piezoelectric nanopositioning stage for super-resolution microscopic imaging, for our Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC).

The ORC is one of the world's leading institutes for photonics research, based in the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics, at the University of Southampton.

This item of equipment is essential to the delivery of objectives under a major EPSRC Programme Grant (EP/T02643X/1) of strategic importance to the ORC, and maintaining Southampton's position at the international forefront of photonic research.


About the buyer

Contact name

Jenna Scott

Address

BUILDING 85, HIGHFIELD CAMPUS,UNIVERSITY ROAD
SOUTHAMPTON
SO171BJ
England

Telephone

+44 (0)23 8059 5000

Email

j.c.scott@soton.ac.uk