Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply and Maintenance of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
Notice Description
Supply and maintenance of a confocal laser scanning microscope designed for the pathological analysis and diagnosis of biopsies during cancer tumour assessment.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The new, more rapid, kidney cancer pathway to shorten the diagnostic journey and time for patients requires a confocal laser scanning microscope designed for the analysis of diagnostic biopsies. We plan to extend the use in the future to other cancer types and also to the assessment of tumour margins during surgery. The system must provide the following essential functionalities: 1. Enable pathological diagnosis of biopsies during tumour assessment. 2. Allow remote access capability to enable synchronous pathology assessment of images from a remote location 3. The confocal microscope will be able to used with samples taken for examination directly after a biopsy or tumour excision in surgery with the following capabilities: 3.1 Tissue preparation, staining time and scanning process for sample examination to be below 10 minutes. 3.2 Outcome from use of the device in determining the biopsy histology will allow real-time provisional histological diagnosis (i.e. immediately after staining) including adequacy of biopsy (i.e. is there viable tumour tissue present?) permitting treatment planning at the same-day MDT and ultimately faster patient treatment. 4. Have a multi-channel sample slide tray for examination, allowing: 4.1 staining and imaging using a 488 nm or within similar range for excitation channel 4.2 staining of a second excitation channel to excite at a second wavelength. 5. Optimised system for small samples at high resolutions with the following characteristics: 5.1 High resolution will have clear image contrast and defined cellular detail 5.2 Enabled for use in deep tissue imaging 6. Digital 6.1 File transfer using DICOM 6.2 Other data formats to be included; HL7, PDF and XML 6.3 Storage methods (Cloud)
Procurement Information
The Trust believes that only the VivaScope 2500 Ex Vivo Gen4 confocal laser scanning microscope contains and complies with all of the essential functionalities described at II.2.4 above.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03de05
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018738-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
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- CPV Codes
33100000 - Medical equipments
38510000 - Microscopes
51400000 - Installation services of medical and surgical equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Jun 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Jun 20233 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CAMBRIDGE
- Postcode
- CB2 0QQ
- Postcode Area
- Cambridge
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
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- Local Authority
- Cambridge
- Electoral Ward
- Queen Edith's
- Westminster Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
Further Information
Notice URLs
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