[CF03Award]

Preliminary Data

Type of contract: Products
Procedure: Open
Awarded Procedure Type: Open

Contact information

Official name: University of Exeter
Url: www.exeter.ac.uk
Address line 1: Northcote House
Town: Exeter
Postal Code: EX4 4QH
Country: England
Contact person: Wendy Herrington
E-mail: w.herrington@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: +44 13926242

Contract information

Title attributed to the contract: ECIS Equipment - UOE/2017/064/WH
Description:

Endothelial cell barrier function measurements: Endothelial cells (ECs) play a key role in the cerebrovasculature in maintaining the blood brain barrier (BBB). ECs line the walls of the blood vessels and act as a selective barrier to regulate the passage of fluids, macromolecules, hormones and leukocytes from the vascular space to the interstitium. Our preliminary data indicates that structural alterations of ECs in vitro results in plasma protein leakage and leukocyte extravasation which lead to inflammation. 

We have recently received a grant from Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) allowing us to invest in a label free, non- invasive and automated instrument that will allow monitoring EC behaviour in real- time. 
 Essential features of the instrument must include:
•	The ability to perform experiments in controlled gas environments in existing incubators
•	Cells to be grown on electrodes with multi-well (8, 16 or 96) configuration
•	Computer and an integrated software gathering data and analysis (Windows / MAC compatible)
•	The ability to measure impedance in a range of frequencies (low to high)
•	The ability to perform measurements under flow conditions (to mimic shear stress on ECs in vivo)
•	Training, warranty and service contract
•	Consumables (10 experiments: 10 x 8 Well Arrays

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
38000000   Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Dates
Expire date: 18/04/2018
Contract start date: 19/04/2018
Contract end date: 20/04/2018

Values
Lowest value: 65000
Highest value: 71000

Complementary information

Is this suitable for SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)?:
Is this suitable for VCSE (Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise)?:

Region(s)
South West

Additional Details

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Award Information

Awarded Date: 24/04/2018
Awarded Value: 58,000.00
Contract start date: 04/05/2018
Contract end date: 03/05/2019

Supplier Information 0

bidi GmbH Am Klopferspitz 19, 82152 Martinsried

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