Tender for the Supply and Installation of a Spectral Flow Cytometer to the University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply of a spectral flow cytometer cell analyser. This spectral flow cytometer cell analyser will be used to develop the biomedical research projects taking place at the College of Medical and Sciences. With this in mind, we expect from this instrument to provide advanced solutions for high-parametric multicolour analysis (from 25 colours and above) of cell suspensions derived from human and animal model tissues. We would positively consider an instrument with a peer-reviewed publication track record on small entities such as platelets, micro-organisms, extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles.

This project may be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or;

• European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) or;
• Research Councils UK (RCUK), the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils.

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply of a spectral flow cytometer cell analyser. This spectral flow cytometer cell analyser will be used to develop the biomedical research projects taking place at the College of Medical and Sciences. With this in mind, we expect from this instrument to provide advanced solutions for high-parametric multicolour analysis (from 25 colours and above) of cell suspensions derived from human and animal model tissues. We would positively consider an instrument with a peer-reviewed publication track record on small entities such as platelets, micro-organisms, extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles.

Instrument Specification:

• This instrument will have at least 5 lasers (355, 405, 488, 561, 640nm),
• This instrument must have at least 60 independent fluorescent channels,
• This instrument must have a maximum data acquisition event rates of at least 30,000 events/second,
• The software provided for the data acquisition and/or the data analysis must provide a user friendly spectral unmixing option resulting to comprehensive representations of high-parametric multicolour data,
• A volumetric measurement during sample recording would be positively considered,
• The instrument must come with an up-to-date and powerful computer for system control, data acquisition and data analysis. We expect this computer to be provided with the latest operating software,

After sales services:

• We expect a swift and high quality remoted and on-site technical supports for the all length of the instrument warranty as well as the additional service contracts we might purchase,
• A training package must be provided for a group of users,
• We expect the suppliers to provide us with educational resources and services dedicated to our instrument configuration as well as the development of high-parametric flow cytometry multicolour staining panels.