Microscopes

University College Dublin

Invitation to tender for FLIM microscope. Systems Biology Ireland (SBI) was set up in 2009 through a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Centres for Science, Technology & Engineering (CSET) programme grant and is located in University College Dublin (UCD) and the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). Systems Biology Ireland is set to become a national centre for excellence in systems biology research. The combined SFI and industrial funding commitment will total 19 000 000 EUR over the next 4 years. Systems Biology Ireland will have 1 600 m² of dedicated research and training accommodation within the Charles Institute, a planned new development due for completion in 2011 that is adjacent to UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research and UCD Health Sciences Complex. The interdisciplinary nature of systems biology holds the promise of significant advances in science beyond the boundaries of individual disciplines. SBI will draw on expertise from distinct but complementary scientific disciplines to develop quantitative analysis and predictive modelling approaches with state of the art technology platforms for biotherapeutics. SBI wish to purchase a FLIM microscope as per the specifications set out in the invitation to tender document attached to this notice. The specification is divided into two lots. Lot 1 is for a top of the range inverted microscope and lot 2 is for the fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy system (FLIM). Suppliers are free to submit a proposal for either of the lots or for both lots. To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=168193. The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'tender submission postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=168193. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2010-12-15. The procurement was published on 2010-11-03.

• • University College Dublin

• • Electron microscopes › Scanning electron microscopes
• • Inverted and metallurgical microscopes › Inverted microscopes
• • Fluorescent and polarising microscopes › Fluorescent microscopes