# \(NU/1284\) Supply & Installation of a Microfluidics System with integrated High Resolution Fluorescence Microscope for Modelling Microbial Biofilms

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Newcastle University](/buyers/newcastle-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Labtech International
- Award value: £178,549
- Tender value: £160,000
- Award date: 3 August 2017
- Published: 25 August 2017
- Contract start: 15 August 2017
- Contract end: 15 November 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 4af0c101-c2bd-42ce-8d9b-e4d8e2c7762b-167860
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3bd32b0d-f6a3-41b9-95eb-851768e705c6

## Description

The University is tendering for the purchase of a microfluidics system with integrated high resolution fluorescence microscope capable of culturing microbial biofilms in multiple parallel channels under uniform shear flow, and obtaining high resolution images of the biofilms\. The system will be used for repeatedly imaging biofilms as they form and for obtaining 3-dimensional image reconstructions of biofilms\. The scope of this contract is for the supply, delivery and installation of equipment and as detailed in the Invitation to Tender to the University, with after-sales support and 12 months warranty and maintenance and all training necessary for safe and reliable operation of the system including sufficient familiarisation on-site to enable routine use of the system to start immediately on completion of installation and a complete set of operating and maintenance documents\. Further service contracts and warranties may also be purchased\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4af0c101-c2bd-42ce-8d9b-e4d8e2c7762b-167860)