Revvity Opera Phenix microscope upgrade

Tender description

The University has a requirement to upgrade an existing Revvity (formerly Perkin-Elmer) brand advanced imaging microscope with additional cameras to achieve operational efficiencies via reduced cycle time. The cameras must work with the existing Revvity platform and provide results which are calibrated and comparable with the other Revvity cameras embedded in the original product. We deem that this is an extension of the original supplies and procuring alternatives may result in a change of supplier and receipt of supplies which could be incompatible or demonstrate disproportionate technical difficulty to utilise. As such we award via the Negotiated Procedure without prior call for competition as follows. Lot 1: The University has a requirement to upgrade an existing Revvity (formerly Perkin-Elmer) brand advanced imaging microscope with additional cameras to achieve operational efficiencies via reduced cycle time. The cameras must work with the existing Revvity platform and provide results which are calibrated and comparable with the other Revvity cameras embedded in the original product. We deem that this is an extension of the original supplies and procuring alternatives may result in a change of supplier and receipt of supplies which could be incompatible or demonstrate disproportionate technical difficulty to utilise. As such we award via the Negotiated Procedure without prior call for competition as follows.