Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c1e-4d6f-7228-a863-8a4e0a5908a8/681-confocal-microscope [Skip to main content](#main-content) awardedGBopen procedureSuitable for SMEs # 681 - Confocal Microscope [Centre for Process Innovation Limited](https://tendernation.io/buyers/centre-for-process-innovation-limited) Estimated value £120,000 to £150,000 Published 13 Oct 2017 Deadline Closed 30 Oct 2017 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](/opportunities/for-small-businesses)## About this tender A laser scanning confocal microscope is required for the analysis of materials containing graphene, which will be applicable across both NFC and PE projects. The modular unit should contain: ### Microscope ### Fully confocal system Motorized stage in x,y and z plane ### Camera port High resolution cooled camera Fully APOCHROMAT objectives ### Illumination Laser module URGB (405, 488, 561, 640 nm) ### LED reflected light module LED transmitted light module ### Scanning Module 2 channel multi-alkali Photo Multiplier Tubes ### Software Automated acquisition and collation of z plane images ### Photo-mosaic software Topography module including contour analysis ## CPV classification Microscopes Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice ](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/2171e035-8feb-4f42-9151-76de225435b4) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free ](/register) [Buyer profileCentre for Process Innovation Limited: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/centre-for-process-innovation-limited)[SectorMore Laboratory & precision equipment tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/laboratory-precision-equipment) ## More tenders like this [Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Advanced Fluorescence Microscope System with Widefield, Confocal and Super-Resolution Imaging Capabilities Heriot-Watt University 30 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14495-81b9-7047-bcb9-8150280217cb/supply-delivery-installation-and-commissioning-of-an-advanced-fluorescence-mic)[Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment – Hochschule Reutlingen - Real-Time-PCR-System (qPCR-System) Hochschule Reutlingen 28 days left 14 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1420f-fcfe-7144-8a16-cbd70bc7ecea/germany-real-time-polymerase-chain-reaction-pcr-equipment-hochschule-reutl)[Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) – Dostawa aparatury naukowo-badawczej dla jednostek Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w Lublinie. Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Lublinie 6 days left 23 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1420f-fe51-7175-be7e-3a3586242911/poland-laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-dostawa)[Analysers – dzp/34/26 dzierżawa analizatorów diagnostycznych Z dostawą odczynników DLA zakładu diagnostyki laboratoryjnej I mikrobiologicznej Z bankiem krwi, szpitalnego oddziału ratunkowwego ORAZ zakładu patomorfologii Szpital Specjalistyczny w Kościerzynie sp. z o.o. 10 days left 27 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1420f-ff54-723d-a9c2-809d3a7b22b5/poland-analysers-dzp3426-dzierzawa-analizatorow-diagnostycznych-z-dostawa)[Rheometers – Hochschule Reutlingen - Rotationsrheometer Hochschule Reutlingen 28 days left 14 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0d67-7260-b1d0-93b54abccc35/germany-rheometers-hochschule-reutlingen-rotationsrheometer)[Research, testing and scientific technical simulator – SZP/243-261/2026 Dostawa manekinów badawczych ATD wraz z wyposażeniem i urządzeniami peryferyjnymi. Politechnika Wrocławska 10 days left 27 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0ed9-70a3-ab8e-ae5bf10a99cd/poland-research-testing-and-scientific-technical-simulator-szp243-2612026)