--- title: "Market Engagement - Confocal Microscope and Fluorescence Spectrometer" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-2db4894a-2a00-40d5-8487-7a22f0df8cc6" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2db4894a-2a00-40d5-8487-7a22f0df8cc6" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2db4894a-2a00-40d5-8487-7a22f0df8cc6.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2db4894a-2a00-40d5-8487-7a22f0df8cc6.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED" published: "2018-05-22" --- # Market Engagement - Confocal Microscope and Fluorescence Spectrometer Buyer: CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2db4894a-2a00-40d5-8487-7a22f0df8cc6 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2db4894a-2a00-40d5-8487-7a22f0df8cc6) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2db4894a-2a00-40d5-8487-7a22f0df8cc6.json) ## Summary The Centre for Process Innovation Limited (CPI) is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for a Confocal Microscope and Fluorescence Spectrometer, aimed at supporting the establishment of a new National Centre for Healthcare Photonics in NETPark, County Durham. The engagement for potential suppliers is set to conclude by 15th June 2018, with an open day scheduled for 19th June 2018 at CPI's facility. This procurement falls within the electrotechnical equipment industry category, specifically focusing on spectrometers and microscopes. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), to engage in the advanced healthcare photonics sector. Suppliers that offer innovative imaging and spectroscopy solutions, especially those with modular and flexible designs, may find this tender particularly suitable. Participating in this procurement can enable businesses to collaborate with CPI in the development of cutting-edge technologies for healthcare applications. ## Notice "CPI is opening a new National Centre for Healthcare Photonics based at NETPark, County Durham in 2018. The centre will provide open access facilities and expertise to help companies of all sizes to develop their photonics based technologies for healthcare and turn them into commercially viable products. CPI has received initial support from the North East Local Economic Partnership (NELEP) to establish this centre. As part of this program CPI is establishing a bio-imaging and fluorescence spectroscopy facility to offer super resolution imaging and time-resolved fluorescence detection capabilities for biomedical, physical and lifesciences applications. CPI wish to purchase a Confocal laser scanning microscope with multiphoton capability with Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) for biological and nano material evaluation. The equipment should be modular and flexible in design to accommodate various light sources (tunable whitelight, picosecond and femtosecond pulsed laser sources in the visible to Near infrared wavelength range) and detectors. In addition CPI would like to purchase a high performance fluorescence spectrometer to measure parameters such as photoluminescence intensity, lifetime (ps to ns) and quantum yield. There should also be a provision to couple the microscope system and fluorescence spectrometer and share the associated light sources/detectors. This will be a one off purchase." CPI would like to engage with potential suppliers to discuss this requirement in further detail; we will therefore be holding a supplier open day at the following address on Tuesday 19th June 2018; Centre for Process Innovation Limited (CPI) National Formulation Centre The Coxon Building, John Walker Road NETPark, Sedgefield, County Durham TS21 3FE, United Kingdom Suppliers who are interested in attending and meeting the project team can express their interest and confirm their preffered time of attendance (Suppliers will be given between 30-45 minutes with the project team). The event will be begin at 9am. Please e-mail; cpi.purchasing@uk-cpi.com to confirm attendance along with the names, job titles of attendees, preferred time. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ccf00bab-32af-4420-8dc4-25509d107a76 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 May 2018 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 15 Jun 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | | Locality | SEDGEFIELD | | Post town | Cleveland | | Postcode | TS21 3FE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | | ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham | | Local authority | County Durham | | Electoral ward | Sedgefield | | Westminster constituency | Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ### Codes - 31730000 - Electrotechnical equipment - 38433000 - Spectrometers - 38510000 - Microscopes ## Release History - 22 May 2018 at 08:24 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ccf00bab-32af-4420-8dc4-25509d107a76 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ccf00bab-32af-4420-8dc4-25509d107a76 22nd May 2018 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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