Biobrillouin Microscope for Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin_336
A state-of-the-art instrument (or suite of instruments) is required for a BioBrillouin imaging microscopy platform capable of monitoring in vitro cell cultures, organoid cultures, tissue explant cultures, hydrogel materials and others which can be placed in a standard cell culture optical arrangement. This instrument is to be provided as an add on to an existing IX81 Olympus microscope with left port access, the brillouin add on should be a closed box system with an excitation of 780 nm for low phototoxicity, with control of motorized positioning (xy-stage, z microscope) for scanning in three dimensions, and suitable for a stage incubation system.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-07-25. The procurement was published on 2024-06-14.
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Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2024-06-14 | Contract notice |
| 2026-06-09 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2024-06-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Biobrillouin Microscope for Trinity College Dublin
Short description:
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Microscope stages 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 270 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier:
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ✅
Additional products/services:
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-07-25 14:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-07-25 14:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3781732
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-07-25 14:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3781732
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Please refer to CFT documents
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Description of exclusion grounds: Please refer to CFT documents
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin_336
National registration number:
Postal address: 3 College Green
Postal code: D02 XH97
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: mireilly@tcd.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18968586 📞
URL: https://www.tcd.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.tcd.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3781732 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=3781732 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 117-359905 (2024-06-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Biobrillouin Microscope for Trinity College Dublin
Short description:
A state-of-the-art instrument (or suite of instruments) is required for a BioBrillouin imaging microscopy platform capable of monitoring in vitro cell cultures, organoid cultures, tissue explant cultures, hydrogel materials and others which can be placed in a standard cell culture optical arrangement. This instrument is to be provided as an add on to an existing IX81 Olympus microscope with left port access, the brillouin add on should be a closed box system with an excitation of 780 nm for low phototoxicity, with control of motorized positioning (xy-stage, z microscope) for scanning in three dimensions, and suitable for a stage incubation system.
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Products/services: Microscope stages 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 270 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier:
TCD-24-C1624
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ✅
Additional products/services:
+ 21 more
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-07-25 14:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-07-25 14:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3781732
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-07-25 14:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3781732
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Please refer to CFT documents
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Description of exclusion grounds: Please refer to CFT documents
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin_336
National registration number:
CHY 11
Postal address: 3 College Green
Postal code: D02 XH97
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: mireilly@tcd.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18968586 📞
URL: https://www.tcd.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.tcd.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3781732 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=3781732 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 117-359905 (2024-06-14)
Contract award notice (2026-06-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 270 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 270 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Green Procurement Criteria: National Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 5 years
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 25%
Cost criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 75%
Quality criterion (weighting): 75
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2024-08-27 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 270 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Cellsense Technologies GmbH
National registration number:
Postal address: Ernst Augustin Str 12
Postal code: 12489
Postal town: Berlin
Region: Berlin 🏙️
Country: Germany 🇩🇪
E-mail: gb@cellsense-technologies.com 📧
Phone: +49 176 7689 6554 📞
URL: https://www.cellsense-technologies.com/ 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Phone: 018968586 📞
Complementary information
Review body
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2026/S 110-397974 (2026-06-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 270 000 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 270 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
+ 21 more
10% weighting is assigned to Environmental and Sustainability section of the Award Criteria
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Climate change mitigation
Green Procurement Criteria: National Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 5 years
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 25%
Cost criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 75%
Quality criterion (weighting): 75
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
441439
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2024-08-27 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 270 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
000065294
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Cellsense Technologies GmbH
National registration number:
HRB 252284 B
Postal address: Ernst Augustin Str 12
Postal code: 12489
Postal town: Berlin
Region: Berlin 🏙️
Country: Germany 🇩🇪
E-mail: gb@cellsense-technologies.com 📧
Phone: +49 176 7689 6554 📞
URL: https://www.cellsense-technologies.com/ 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Small
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Phone: 018968586 📞
Complementary information
Review body
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2026/S 110-397974 (2026-06-09)
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