Published date: 9 March 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: 20 March 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Microscopes - 38510000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£18,000

Procurement reference

tender_234696/843340

Published date

9 March 2020

Closing date

20 March 2020

Contract start date

23 March 2020

Contract end date

22 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?

No

Description

Public Health England (PHE) requires the provision of modifications to an Olympus BX41 Microscope. Due to the nature of the work, any proposed modifications must be able to fulfil the following requirements:

- Have a manual upright microscope frame, which allows for the observation of images using reflected and transmitted light.
- Have coaxial coarse and fine focusing using a stage 'up and down' mechanism.
- Have a minimum focus stroke of 25 mm
- Have a minimum coarse stroke of 15 mm/rotation
- Have a minimum fine stroke of 100 µm/rotation
- Have a minimum graduation on fine focus of 1 µm
- Have a True colour LED light source compatible with the microscope frame, with an intensity comparable to a 30W halogen light source.
- Have a manual universal reflected light illuminator for fluorescence and reflected brightfield imaging.
- Have an 8-position cube turret with a shutter function.
- Have a manual shutter for left- and right hand operation.
- Have three slots for optical inserts
- Have a colour camera compatible with the Olympus BX41 Microscope, capable of fluorescence imaging and producing images with at least 1800 x 1100-pixels, at a frame rate of no less than 50 frames per second.
- Have a 0.63X C-mount adaptor

If you feel that you can meet the above requirements, please email Anna.Gibson@phe.gov.uk and kallie.rivers@phe.gov.uk. The closing date and time for any queries is 20th March 2020.

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About the buyer

Address

61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
England

Email

kallie.rivers@phe.gov.uk