AwardedAwarded 5 January 2026

Purchase of a High Content Imaging Microscope

University of Huddersfield · Education

In brief

University of Huddersfield awarded laboratory equipment work to Nikon UK, Branch of Nikon Europe BV on 5 January 2026.

The notice gives a value of £500,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 5 years, starting 18 December 2025.

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

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

The University seeks to procure a high-content imaging microscope system capable of automated acquisition across multi-well plates, slides and dishes, with confocal imaging as a minimum requirement and super-resolution imaging as a preferred/optioned capability. The solution must include a fully configured acquisition workstation attached to the microscope and a dedicated offline analysis/processing workstation for high-throughput image processing (e.g., GPU-accelerated deconvolution and ML-based segmentation). Equipment should be targeted for delivery and installation by end of April 2025. A comprehensive 5-year warranty and service/maintenance package is required. To view this notice, please click here: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1004139521

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Nikon UK, Branch of Nikon Europe BV
5 bids received
£500,000
Awarded 5 January 2026

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 066654-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 000435-2026

About the buyer

  1. Heating, Electrical, Mechanical and Decarbonisation Framework

    Eastern Procurement LimitedNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales, ScotlandEnergy and utilities, Construction

    Open22 days leftSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £1.06bnframework ceiling
  2. Event Noise Monitoring Services

    The North Yorkshire CouncilYorkshire and the HumberEnvironmental services, Architecture and engineering

    Open22 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £251kestimated

From notice 066654-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 20 October 2025, last updated 5 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.