NCA30941 Stellaris Confocal Microscope

Tender description

The Leica Stellaris has been specified to replace and improve upon the capabilities the SP5 has. The FCS equipment, which was supplied by Leica, will move onto the Stellaris as will the super-z Galvo stage for precise positioning in the Z axis. We will also be reusing some of the objectives from the SP5 set up on the Stellaris The Leica Stellaris is a state of the art new confocal launched by Leica in July 2020. This model supersedes its predecessor the SP8. The AIR were given a Leica SP5 by the ECRC in 2014. The Leica SP5 system has been in use in the IGMM since 2007 (7 years in the ECRC and 6 years in AIR) and is now 13 years old. In January 2020 Leica informed the AIR that the SP5 was now obsolete and we could only renew our service contract with a best endeavour service contract. Here we are replacing the now obsolete Leica SP5 with the newest confocal model Leica can offer, Stellaris. Leica will breakdown the existing SP5, maximising sustainability by reusing identified parts, already defined, and scrap remaining parts at no cost to the University