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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

FACS Aria III Cell Sorter Service Contract

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000 38400000 38430000 38434000
Value£57k
Awarded31 Jan 2018
Published2 Jul 2018
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£57ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Laboratory & Precision Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The London Institute of Medical Sciences require a three-year comprehensive service package for the Flow Cytometry Instrument. he service contract for the ARIA III Cell sorter (375nm, 405nm, 561nm 638nm lasers) will require the following: • Include all parts, travel labour and telephone technical support • Two preventative maintenance visits per instrument per year (during each PM visit the instrument's alignment is checked and optimised, wear items such as filters, seals and o-rings are replaced, valve and pump function is checked, as well as laser power and power supply voltages). • Cover the computer system and OEM software necessary for running the flow cytometer instrument.

Future upgrades and updates to be provided on release.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

• Include all parts, travel labour

• Include all parts, travel labour and telephone technical support.

02

• Two preventative maintenance visits per instrument

• Two preventative maintenance visits per instrument per year (during each PM visit the instrument's alignment is checked and optimised, wear items such as filters, seals and o-rings are replaced, valve and pump function is checked, as well as laser power and power supply voltages).

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