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University of Exeter

Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£200k
Deadline9 Jun 2026
Published13 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 13 May 2026ClosedCloses 9 Jun 2026
Who to contact
Megan Brine
m.brine@exeter.ac.uk
+44 1392723333

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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£200ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The University of Exeter’s Centre for Microbiology and Planetary Health has a requirement for a spinning disk confocal microscope system intended to function as a core, shared-access instrument suitable for a broad and diverse research user base.

The system must offer intuitive operation, rapid uptake by non-specialist users, and high robustness for frequent use.

The instrument must match or exceed the performance envelope associated with modern integrated spinning disk confocal systems, including multi-channel fluorescence, automated z-stack acquisition, tiling, and live-cell compatibility, while prioritising usability, accessibility, and reproducible data output.

More detail about our technical specification can be found in the tender documents.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The system must offer intuitive operation, rapid

The system must offer intuitive operation, rapid uptake by non-specialist users, and high robustness for frequent use.

02

The instrument must match or exceed

The instrument must match or exceed the performance envelope associated with modern integrated spinning disk confocal systems, including multi-channel fluorescence, automated z-stack acquisition, tiling, and live-cell compatibility, while prioritising usability, accessibility, and reproducible data output.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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