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Purchase of Dynamic Vessel Analyser

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

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Notice Title

Purchase of Dynamic Vessel Analyser

Notice Description

Lab equipment. The Imedos Dynamic Analyser measures large retinal vessels before and during a standardised light stimulus.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Edinburgh Imaging, located in the Queen's Medical Research Institute would like to purchase the Imedos Dynamic Analyser (IDA) to measure flicker-induced retinal vessel reactivity in primary vessel segments of the human retina. This reflects neurovascular coupling and nitric-oxide dependent vasodilation. Impaired flicker-induced reactivity in the retina is associated with several systemic diseases, e.g., longitudinal mortality in renal disease, progressive risk of major cardiovascular events, and high-risk pregnancy. Similar measures of cerebral and retinal vessel reactivity (in response to CO2) are strongly associated with severity of cerebral small vessel disease, indicating potential for clinical translation as prognostic or surrogate markers, but are restricted to research labs. The IDA will enable the measurement of retinal vessel reactivity in human patients in a way that can be directly translated to hospital clinics. Therefore, this equipment will directly enhance the potential clinical impact of several ongoing and upcoming studies of microvascular disease in INCR. These include the Mild Stroke Study 3, and Lacunar Intervention Trial studies (LACI-3, LACI-Cog, etc.), but also studies of renal disease (OCTANE) and pregnancy (iTEST).

Procurement Information

The University of Edinburgh has a requirement for the Imedos Dynamic Analyser. Imedos are the only manufacturer of a device that can measure large retinal vessels before and during a standardised light stimulus (dynamic vessel analysis). For this reason, this purchase was made directly with Imedos Health GmbH via an NCA.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000814299
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT542393
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£111,769 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Oct 20253 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
23 Oct 20254 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Contact Name
Rachael Gibb
Contact Email
rgibb3@ed.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1316502759

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH1 1HT
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

IMEDOS HEALTH

Further Information

Notice Documents

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