# PURCON893 BMI IMAGE DATA ANALYSIS, STORAGE AND ARCHIVING SOLUTION - AWARD

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of East Anglia](/buyers/university-of-east-anglia/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: ACQUIFER Imaging GmbH
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 2 August 2020
- Published: 22 November 2020
- Contract start: 2 August 2020
- Contract end: 30 July 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: c880c01c-0dfd-42ba-947c-eba9ba924a45-395036
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-832366e3-8956-4d8c-9230-c7f57aa18690

## Description

Tender for the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and provide training with respect to the following equipment: A data analysis and storage platform capable of receiving, storing and processing the data in a microscopy core facility containing seven multi-user microscopes and four off-line analysis workstations \(all connected via a 10 GB/s network\)\. It should be able to cope with the challenging data rates of modern fluorescence microscopes, including a fast-scanning confocal with super resolution capabilities \(Zeiss LSM980 with Airyscan 2\) and two widefield, live-cell imaging systems with fast, sCMOS cameras\. The system should provide fast \(and safe\) data transfer within the limits of the existing network infrastructure; fast data storage; enable efficient image processing and visualization \(with third-party software packages\); allow simple project and user administration; have a secure remote login for safe data access in national or international research collaborations, and operate under a Windows user interface that requires only minimal IT knowledge\. The system should have a single or multiple CPUs with at least 36 cores and a minimum of 512 GB RAM, a high-end graphics card \(≥16 GB VRAM\), a 10 GB network module, and a storage capacity of 80 TB or more\. The machine should have proven capability to run a variety of commercial and open-source imaging software; e\.g\., Huygens Pro, Imaris, Arivis Vison 4D, Aivia, Fiji/ImageJ, Ilastik, and OMERO\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c880c01c-0dfd-42ba-947c-eba9ba924a45-395036)