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    ID 6396032 - AFBI – Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Imaging Flow-Cytometry System for Automated Shipboard Phytoplankton Analysis to Support the SEUPB PEACEPLUS-Funded ACCLIMATISE Project

    Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

    ID 6396032 - AFBI – Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Imaging Flow-Cytometry System for Automated Shipboard Phytoplankton Analysis to Support the SEUPB PEACEPLUS-Funded ACCLIMATISE Project

    1. Planning notice published

      Jun 17, 11:38 AMJune 17, 2026 11:38 AM

    2. Planned competition start

      Jul 16, 12:00 AMJuly 16, 2026 12:00 AM

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    Ireland: Tenders/Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute/ID 6396032 - AFBI – Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Imaging Flow-Cytometry System for Automated Shipboard Phytoplankton Analysis to Support the SEUPB PEACEPLUS-Funded ACCLIMATISE Project

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    Construction and Procurement Delivery is planning the procurement of an imaging flow-cytometry system for automated shipboard phytoplankton analysis to support the SEUPB PEACEPLUS-Funded ACCLIMATISE Project. The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) requires one flow cytometry-based plankton imaging system capable of high resolution imaging, optical triggering, and automated morphological analysis of marine plankton and suspended particulates. Suppliers should refer to the Specification for further information on the requirements.

    About the bid

      The Agri‑Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is one of the world’s leading providers of scientific research and evidence-based services to government, non-governmental, and commercial organisations. With a unique breadth of facilities and multidisciplinary scientific capability spanning agriculture, animal health, food, the environment, biosciences, and economics, AFBI undertakes a wide range of impactful research projects for both the public and private sectors.Funding has been secured through the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) administered PEACEPLUS scheme to deliver the ACCLIMATISE project, an all-island initiative aimed at developing an integrated marine climate change monitoring and assessment toolbox for the island of Ireland. As part of this programme, AFBI is seeking to procure next‑generation observational technologies capable of monitoring and quantifying changes in plankton communities and associated marine food webs within the Irish Sea. The Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems Branch (FAEB) of AFBI requires the procurement of one flow cytometry-based plankton imaging system capable of high resolution imaging, optical triggering, and automated morphological analysis of marine plankton and suspended particulates. Suppliers should refer to the Specification for further information on the requirements.

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    Contracting authority
    Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
    Title
    ID 6396032 - AFBI – Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Imaging Flow-Cytometry System for Automated Shipboard Phytoplankton Analysis to Support the SEUPB PEACEPLUS-Funded ACCLIMATISE Project
    Type
    Planning
    Main code
    38000000Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
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    38290000Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances
    38500000Checking and testing apparatus
    51430000Installation services of laboratory equipment
    Location
    Border
    Estimated value
    £189,293.00

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