---
title: "Purchase of a Sorter for INCR"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000818607"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH"
published: "2025-12-15"
---

# Purchase of a Sorter for INCR

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000818607

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## Summary

See notice for full details.

## Notice

EggSorter Zebrafish Fluorescence Platform

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Bionomous have developed an automated fluorescence egg sorter that operates similarly to a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS). This system captures multichannel fluorescence images of hundreds of eggs and uses AI analysis to sort them into separate containers, enabling faster and more accurate sorting. Automating this process will free up researchers' time for more complex activities, attract additional grants by enabling large-scale screening projects, and ultimately facilitate more complex, high-throughput screening and multidisciplinary research.

### Procurement Information

The sorting of zebrafish eggs is a key step in their use for biomedical research, however, the current method of manually sorting transgenic zebrafish eggs under fluorescence stereomicroscopes is time-consuming and labour-intensive. Bionomous have developed an automated fluorescence egg sorter that operates similarly to a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS). This system captures multichannel fluorescence images of hundreds of eggs and uses AI analysis to sort them into separate containers, enabling faster and more accurate sorting. Automating this process will free up researchers' time for more complex activities, enable large-scale screening projects, and ultimately facilitate more complex, high-throughput screening and multidisciplinary research. As Bionomous are the sole manufacturer of this instrument, the contract was awarded to Bionomous via the NCA process, on the basis that competition is absent for technical reasons.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC545679 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £72,012 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 1HT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BIONOMOUS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 15 Dec 2025 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC545679

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC545679
  Purchase of a Sorter for INCR - EggSorter Zebrafish Fluorescence Platform

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.ed.ac.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000818607

## Provenance

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