AwardedAwarded 7 September 2026

260114 - The Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a High-Resolution Digital Pathology Scanner, including ancillary/consumables Items.

Queen's University Belfast · Education

In brief

Queen's University Belfast awarded medical supplies and laboratory equipment work to Leica Microsystems(UK)Ltd on 7 September 2026.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 10 years with extensions, starting 4 September 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s), on behalf of the Northern Ireland Biobank within the Future Medicines Institute, seeks to procure a high resolution digital pathology scanner to support research activities. The required solution must enable high quality, high throughput digitisation of histological slides, supporting current and future research demand.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Leica Microsystems(UK)Ltd
6 bids received
£312,000
Awarded 7 September 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 058649-2026
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 058972-2026
  3. Tender notice · UK4, notice 059631-2026
  4. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 084440-2026

Last time this was bought

260101 - Contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation & Commissioning and Maintenance of a High Throughput Live-Cell Imaging System

Awarded
30 July 2026
Value
£975,000
Bids
1
Contract ends
30 July 2029

Matched on Queen's University Belfast, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

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Awards

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From notice 058649-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 22 June 2026, last updated 7 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.