Purchase of a Two-Photon Microscope

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£305,521published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 29 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to BRUKER UK LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of a Two-Photon Microscope

CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Scotland

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £305,5211 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 29 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
BRUKER UK LIMITED	£305,521 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 029767-2025-NCA31108-1 · BRUKER UK LIMITED
Signed
29 May 2025
Value
£305,521
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	0	—	—

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 4 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
Last source update: 4 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
Authority reference: NCA31108
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-029767
Classification (CPV): Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052c29 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Bruker’s multiphoton microscope, Ultima 2Pplus, have features that are crucial to the UK DRI UOE Centre’s medical research and that are unique to this system as compared to other commercially available two-photon microscopes:

Publisher note: (SC Ref:800656)

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriffs CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Bruker UK LtdAwarded supplier Banner Lane , Piltdown Rise, Coventry, UK, CV4 9GHContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.