Award, Contract

Axio Zoom V16 upgrade & light sources

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    25th April 2025 00:00:00 AM

  • Contract Summary

    The Bioimaging and Flow Cytometry Facility supports research conducted at the Roslin Institute, as well as external academic and industry users (>180 PhD students, >600 staff, and >75 group leaders, clinical research associates, and tenure-track fellows with active research programmes). An important aspect of the facility's workflow is compliance with health and safety and data safety guidelines and policies. The use of mercury bulbs is being phased out due to health and safety concerns associated with working with mercury sources and the environmental impact of disposal. These bulbs will no longer be available for purchase. The Roslin Institute currently has five microscopes that still use mercury bulbs. An application was made to allocate funding to replace these remaining mercury lamps. This request was approved, and quotes were obtained for replacing the HXP mercury light sources on the Zeiss LSM880 confocal microscope, the Zeiss Elyra 7 microscope, the Zeiss Axio Observer, and the Zeiss V16 AxioZoom. These light sources are integrated into a Zeiss-managed operating system and service agreement, which means that Zeiss is the only supplier in this instance. Part of the university's data safety policy is to ensure that data is not saved locally, instead, it must be transferred to secure network storage. The Zeiss AxioZoom V16 PC was no longer compliant with this policy. The upgrade for the AxioZoom includes a new PC that enables users to export data securely

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-r6ebe6-0000797147

    Publication Source

    Public Contracts Scotland

    Procurement Stage

    Award, Contract

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open Procedure

    Procurement Category

    Goods

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    38510000

    CPV Division(s)

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

  • Awarding Authority

    UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

    Buyer Name

    Buyer Email

    mritchi7@ed.ac.uk

    Buyer Phone

    +44 1316502759

    Buyer Address

    Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street

    Edinburgh

    EH1 1HT

  • Awarded Supplier(s)

    Supplier Name(s)

    CARL ZEISS LTD

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