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Fast 3D live cell imaging microscope

Finland · Tampere · how to bid here

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 28 September at 11:00 — 9 days left.
  2. You submit on Hilma — not here and not by e-mail.
  3. Offer and evidence in: ENG.
  4. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed above; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (92 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around October 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Kurt J. Lesker Company GmbH.n = 92
  • 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (137 awards since 2019, spread over 84 companies). 76% went to new names.n = 137 awards since 2019
  • The median procedure drew just one bid (22 procedures with a bid count); 50% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 22
  • 16% of awards went to companies from abroad (137 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 137

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 13/09/2026.

Clement
When comparable contracts were last awarded here, usually just a single offer was on the table — a solid bid has real chances.
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

Foreign bidders

In Finland · Laboratory & optical equipment, 90 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,198 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Poland, Netherlands.

Typical field: median 1 (from 18 awards).

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

What the buyer is looking for

The summary in English is being prepared. The official description below is in the original language (DE).

Show original description (DE)

Fast 3D live cell imaging microscope Tampere University Foundation sr (hereinafter referred to as ”Customer” or ”Contracting Authority”) requests a tender in accordance with the contract notice published on the Hilma notice channel and this call for tenders and its appendices for Fast 3D live cell imaging microscope (hereinafter referred to as "System" or "Device"). The device is intended for fluorescence imaging of live cells, model organisms, and 3D cell cultures. The device incorporates novel technology that enables imaging using low excitation light intensities. The device must comply with the system minimum requirements set out in the Call for Tenders including microscope body minimum requirements, fast 3D imaging minimum requirements and software and computer minimum requirements. The procurement includes delivery of the device to Tampere University’s Kauppi campus, installation, commissioning, user training, technical support, warranty, and the availability of maintenance services. Further details of the requirements are provided in the “Procurement Object Criteria” section of this Call for Tenders. Price ceiling: The tender price must be less than or equal to 514 000 EUR excluding VAT. Further information is provided in Annex 1 "Price and quality form". One (1) supplier will be selected and awarded the contract. The procurement contract draft can be found as Annex 2. The agreement period begins with the signing of the contract, and it is valid until the contractual obligations have been fulfilled. The contract does not grant the selected supplier exclusive rights to the subject matter of the procurement.,

Description as published (DE).

Selection criteria — via the ESPD

The buyer states in the notice that eligibility is proven through the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD); the concrete requirements are in the tender documents. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.

Contract

BuyerTampere University Foundation sr
TypeSupplies
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published29 August 2026
CategoryLaboratory & optical equipment · CPV 38000000

Who has won here before

CompanyAwardsPeriod
A/B Sciex Oy42024–2025
Cormet Oy42024–2025
Axion BioSystems, Inc.32025
C.N. Rood Nordics AB32024
Hexagon Metrology Nordic AB32024
From 13.7M documented awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this

20204
20216
202212
202327
202447
202543
202634

Who knows the rhythm prepares instead of reacting.

·
days until the deadlineMonday 28 September at 11:00

How to bid

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