# Supply & Installation of a Thin Section Scanner \(TSS\)

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research & Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £400,000
- Published: 8 October 2024
- Planned start: 20 November 2024
- Planned end: 28 March 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: bca20caf-4141-487e-85ae-09e02ff48159-792136
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dc522e74-9060-45e0-9cfd-fa05e2b5168f

## Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: IV\.2\.2 Instead of: 10 October 2024 Time: 14:00 Read New: 17 October 2024 Time: 14:00 Other additional information: Tender submission deadline date extended from 10th October 14:00 to 17th October 14:00 Supply & Installation of a thin section scanner for the full digital capture of geological thin sections using multiple illumination types \(both transmitted and reflected light, polarised and cross polarised\), capable of a high-throughput \(tens of sections per day\) with a multi-sample holder \(at least 100 sections\) with automated unsupervised operation\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bca20caf-4141-487e-85ae-09e02ff48159-792136)