Estimated Value
£10,000,000 – £20,000,000
Deadline
6 May 2026
Published
25 September 2026
Type
goods
Overview
A variety of low-end optical microscopes, with a price of 10,000 GBP (excl. VAT) and less, suitable for laboratory teaching including, but not be limited to: - Compound Microscopes – upright or inverted equipment featuring optional fluorescence and camera systems for use in teaching, tissue culture analysis and routine applications. - Stereo and/or Zoom Microscopes - equipment featuring optional fluorescence and camera systems, for routine and clinical dissection, sorting, and examination. - Gel Documentation Systems.
Additional information: Economic operators may have been excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. A variety of high-end optical microscopes, with a price of over 10,000 GBP (excl.
VAT), suitable for research including, but not be limited to: - Compound Microscopes - upright or inverted equipment featuring optional fluorescence and camera systems for use in teaching, tissue culture analysis and routine applications. - Stereo and/or Zoom Microscopes - equipment featuring optional fluorescence and camera systems, for routine and clinical dissection, sorting, and examination. - Label Free Holographic Microscopes - Automated Live Cell (extended time lapse) microscopes - Slide scanners. Additional information: Economic operators may have been excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Key points
- APUC Ltd.(Advanced Procurement for Universities & Colleges): https://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/?#!/members
- HEPCW (Higher Education Procurement Consortia Wales): https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
- NEUPC (North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.neupc.ac.uk/join/members/who-are-our-members
- NWUPC (North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/members/
- LUPC (London Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.lupc.ac.uk/members/our-members/
- SUPC (Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/ Other participating bodies include:
- Scotland Excel and their associate members
- NHS National (Scotland) Procurement
- Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture – SASA
- National Galleries of Scotland
- National Records of Scotland
- Scottish Police Authority / Police Scotland
Key points
- Deterministic super resolution and stochastic super resolution microscopy equipment such as simulated emission depletion (STED), ground state depletion (GSD), SPDMphymod.
- FLIM/FRET systems.
- Structured Illumination and other techniques (e.g. array detectors) for super resolution or other methods for achieving sub diffraction optical resolution. Additional information: Economic operators may have been excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Key points
- Specialist camera and detector components for image acquisition in relation to life science applications and materials research.
- Other detectors – Photo Multiplier Tubes (PMTs), FLIM. Additional information: Economic operators may have been excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Key points
- Incendescent Lamps
- Halogen Bulbs
- Arc Lamps
- LED Light Sources
- Lasers. Additional information: Economic operators may have been excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Regulations cited
- Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
Additional details
A variety of high-end systems and associated products that can be used in high-content screening set up. The imaging systems can be laser-based or not.
Associated products can be, but not limited to, software for data analysis, automatic sample handling etc. Additional information: Economic operators may have been excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Upright or inverted microscopes using laser technology such as Confocal, Spinning Disc, TIRF, Light Sheet and Multi-photon. Additional information: Economic operators may have been excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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Award Details
Appleton Woods Ltd
£20,000,000
Be Scientific Ltd
£20,000,000
Carl Zeiss Ltd
£20,000,000
Edmund Optics Ltd
£20,000,000
Evident Europe GmbH – UK Branch
£20,000,000
Fisher Scientific UK
£20,000,000
GT Vision Ltd
£20,000,000
K-Tec Microscope Services Ltd
£20,000,000
London Laboratory Equipment Ltd
£20,000,000
Microscopy Supplies And Consultants Ltd
£20,000,000
Nikon UK
£20,000,000
Scientific Laboratory Supplies
£20,000,000
SciQuip Ltd
£20,000,000
Verulam Scientific
£20,000,000
VWR International Ltd
£20,000,000
Cairn Research Ltd
£20,000,000
Leica Microsystems (UK) Ltd
£20,000,000
Metprep Limited
£20,000,000
Photon Lines Ltd
£20,000,000
Best Scientific Ltd
£20,000,000
BRUKER UK LIMITED
£20,000,000
Promega UK Ltd
£20,000,000
Revvity (UK) Ltd.
£20,000,000
Standard BioTools UK Limited
£20,000,000
Sysmex UK Ltd
£20,000,000
Horiba UK Limited
£20,000,000
Intelligent Imaging Innovations Ltd
£20,000,000
Oxford Nanoimaging Limited
£20,000,000
Photonic Solutions Ltd
£20,000,000
TOPTICA Photonics AG
£20,000,000
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Published
25 September 2026
Submission deadline
6 May 2026
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