Published date: 11 November 2020

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: 30 November 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 33000000

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

  • Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery - 42900000

    • Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

National Museums Liverpool 3D Digital Microscope for Examination of Artworks

Published date

11 November 2020

Closing date

30 November 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 December 2020

Contract end date

5 March 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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Bidders are asked to submit a formal tender for the 3D Digital Microscope for the Examination of Artworks.

NML is looking to procure a video 3D digital microscope that allows flexible examination and digital image capture of a wide range of museum collections, including 2D and 3D artworks, with minimal handling of the objects being examined.

The 3D digital microscope should provide a range of magnification from 10x to 5000x, with the minimum number of objective lenses to enable this. The microscope will have multiple illumination options including brightfield, darkfield and UV illumination.

The microscope should have a system of flexible stands and tables suitable for the examination of large paintings on vertical easels, small works on paper over horizontal surfaces and large 3-dimensional sculpture. It should also include a removeable handheld camera and lens for inspection of difficult to access areas of larger objects.

The control software should be compatible with Microscoft Windows 10, and include user friendly applications for image and video capture, image management, measurement and image analysis such as particle counting.

Delivery and installation is to be completed no later than Friday 5 March 2021

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About the buyer

Contact name

Ian Lindsay

Address

127 Dale Street
LIVERPOOL
L22JH
England

Email

Ian.lindsay@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk