Fakta om udbudet
Udbyder
Aarhus Universitet
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(16.05.2022)
Oxford Nanoimaging
Oxford
ONI Nanoimager - 2022-0371001
Aarhus Universitet
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Section I: Contracting authority/entity
National registration number: 31119103
Postal address: Nordre Ringgade 1
Town: Aarhus C
NUTS code: DK Danmark
Postal code: 8000
Country: Denmark
Contact person: Jens August Aastrup Munch
E-mail: udbud@au.dk
Telephone: +45 93522562
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.au.dk/
Section II: Object
ONI Nanoimager - 2022-0371001
The Department of Biomedicines at Aarhus University wishes to purchase a microscope system that can be placed on a desktop/benchtop, and can perform fluorescence (in 2D and 3D), 3D single-particle tracking (SPT), total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF), Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), direct stochastical optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) and photo-activated localization microscopy (PALM) microscopy. The aim of this research is to visualize living yeast cells but also cells transfected with fluorescent reporter proteins and/or infected with fluorescent viruses, with high resolution and depending of the approach, collect accurate quantitative measurements. The microscope has to possess such a large spectrum of imaging technology to be able to carry out all the type of fluorescence-based experiment that are currently carried out.
With the purchased system, the aim is to visualize with high resolution bacteria, yeast and cells transfected with fluorescent reporter proteins and/or infected with fluorescent viruses, in live-cell, standard and super-resolution modes. These approaches allow to study the dynamics change of determined pathways with both the appropriate resolution and microscopic approach, in the presence or the absence of specific genes or compounds.
The just-mentioned requirements demand a multitask fluorescence microscope system with several very specific and complementary features and capabilities. In particular, easy operation, reproducibility of the experiments/measurements due to well-controlled alignments are the most important requirements, as well as the possibility to move and install easily the microscope in a different room since experiments with pathogens are performed in dedicated laboratories.
The full list of requirements:
1) Multi mode system, to choose between a variety of imaging techniques that are best suited for the question: Widefield, TIRF, HILO, single particle tracking, FRET, single molecule, PALM and dSTORM.
2) 4 laser lines (green, red, blue and infra-red channels) and a light channel.
3) Simultaneous dual emission channels for excellent colocalization experiment of fast moving objects in living cells.
4) 100x objective
5) Permanent alignment and calibrated power.
6) Autofocus system
7) Automatized stage driven in X, Y and Z with 1 nm steps and 30 nm reproducibility
8) Real-time localization and quantitative analysis
9) Microscope with a reduced size and compact design, to fit on a benchtop or desktop.
10) No need of an anti-vibration table or having the microscope fixed on a table. Easily transportable.
11) Temperature control of the imaging stage.
12) sCMOS Hamamatsu orca flash 4 V3 or equivalent.
13) User friendly interface to run the microscope.
14) Possibility to integrated microfluidics.
15) Delivery time of the microscope: maximum one month.
Section IV: Procedure
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Many suppliers on the market offer systems that fulfil a portion of the requirements specified above. To the best of knowledge, the Nanoimager instrument form Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd (ONI) is the only microscope that provides this flexibility. A particularly important aspect, making the Nanoimager a unique product, is its small size and the fact that it does not need to be on an anti-vibration table. These two characteristics allow to move this microscope from one room to another one. This is particularly important for the experiments with viruses, which have to be performed in a BSL laboratory.
Another relevant aspect is that the microscope needs to be delivered and installed in max. one-month time, something that ONI can guarantee. We are in the need of immediately proceed with the running projects.
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Town: Oxford
NUTS code: UK United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom
Section VI: Complementary information
Postal address: Toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postal code: 8800
Country: Denmark
E-mail: klfu@naevneneshus.dk
Telephone: +45 72405708
Internet address: https://erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/klagenaevnet-for-udbud
Please contact Aarhus University, if you have a comment about this notice - udbud@au.dk
Following the notification, a standstill period of 10 calendar days will be held in accordance to paragraph 3 of Act No. 593 of 2 June 2016 on the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for public Procurement. This implies that the Contracting Authority cannot sign the Contract with the winning Tenderer before the standstill period has expired.
In case of complaints about tenders or decisions, e.g. award of contracts covered by Section II or III in the Danish Public Procurement Act must be submitted to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for Udbud) within 45 calendar days from the day after the contractor published a notice in the Official Journal on the conclusion of a contract. At the latest concurrently with submission of an appeal to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must inform the Contracting Authority of the alleged infringement, and whether the appeal is to be referred to the board.
Postal address: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postal code: 2500
Country: Denmark
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk
Telephone: +45 41715000
Internet address: www.kfst.dk
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