Public Contracts Scotland

Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Advanced Fluorescence Microscope System with Widefield, Confocal and Super-Resolution Imaging Capabilities

Heriot-Watt University

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Confirmed tender
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Scotland

Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Edinburgh, City of
Contract value
£600,000ex VAT
Deadline
16 November 2026
Award decision
16 November 2026(estimated)
Published
15 October 2026

Procurement

Submission method
Electronic Submission
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 38510000 Microscopes

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Description

Heriot-Watt University is seeking a contractor to supply, deliver and install an advanced fluorescence microscope with automated and AI-guided acquisition capabilities and widefield, confocal and super-resolution imaging modalities for biomedical research use within one of its laboratories situated in its School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at its Edinburgh campus.

Additional information

Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Tenderers will be asked to submit the following forms. These forms are for information only and will not be scored.

Form of Tender

Bona Fide Tender

Freedom of Information

Supply Chain Code of Conduct

The Successful Tenderer must confirm that they comply with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

The Successful Tenderer will be required to provide two years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to awarded to the Contract, or confirm in their tender submission the publicly accessible, free, online location of accounts if available in such a format.

There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Contractor’s economic and financial standing.

Where the capability & capacity of a subcontractor, members of a consortia or any other body will be relied on, separate SPD(s) are required from each of those other parties relied on.

Where subcontractors are to be used but their capability & capacity are not relied on, the University may choose to request separate SPD(s).

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32985. The ITT code is itt_66000.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32985. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

How to engage

Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of the amount listed below, for the last 2 years. Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading. The Successful Contractor will be required to provide two years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to awarded to the Contract, or confirm in their tender submission the publicly accessible, free, online location of accounts if available in such a format. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Contractor’s economic and financial standing. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any contract, the types and levels of insurance listed below. Bidders also must confirm they can provide the following supporting evidence at point of award.

Contact

Address
1st Floor, William Arrol Annexe, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
Contact name
Richard Kinghorn

Bid documents

Identifiers

Buyer reference
HWU-UK-2627-102-00
Notice ID
rls-4-OCT566791
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000845884

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