# 2150/JN - Total Internal Reflection Optics and Lasers for Nikon Ti2 Inverted Microscope

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD](/buyers/university-of-sheffield/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Cairn Research Ltd
- Award value: £79,000
- Tender value: £79,000
- Award date: 18 January 2019
- Published: 29 January 2019
- Contract start: 21 January 2019
- Contract end: 22 January 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: eb3d33dc-ebfe-45db-bd14-76da723f7a47-266581
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-875047ca-acb3-46b0-988c-d77c03397b07

## Description

The Department of Biomedical Science supported by the Light Microscope Facility are seeking the below requirements to aid in the research of planar polarity\. This tender is for the supply, installation and commissioning of a total internal reflection \(TIRF\) illuminator, lasers and a widefield epi-fluorescence LED illuminator\. The components will be integrated into an existing motorized inverted microscope and used for both stochastic optical reconstruction \(STORM\) and TIRF microscopy\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eb3d33dc-ebfe-45db-bd14-76da723f7a47-266581)