# Automated Cell Counter

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency](/buyers/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Sartorius
- Award value: £14,000
- Tender value: £25,000
- Award date: 10 March 2017
- Published: 5 April 2019
- Contract start: 13 March 2017
- Contract end: 27 February 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: de4fac34-15a8-4caf-872d-9701a314c766-281347
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8fddcb45-3a04-4122-98c4-30292ae4ff58

## Description

An automated cell counter is required by the UKSCB for the rapid and easy measurement of cell number and viability\. The bench-top counter is intended to replace the current method of manual assessment of viability using a haemocytometer/trypan blue dye exclusion test\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/de4fac34-15a8-4caf-872d-9701a314c766-281347)