202526 5355 - Optical Tweezers-Fluorescence Microscope
A Contract Award Notice
by UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract ()
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- ___
- Sector
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Published
- 10 Nov 2025
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
1 buyer
- Leeds University Leeds
1 supplier
- Lumicks Amsterdam
Description
Purchase of an optical tweezer system with Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy and widefield microscopy plus microfluidics.
Award Detail
| 1 | Lumicks (None)
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CPV Codes
- None found
Legal Justification
This procurement is being undertaken via a single-source route due to the unique technical capabilities of the C-Trap® Dymo 400 and the exclusive rights held by its manufacturer, LUMICKS B.V. the unique elements of this are: • Multi-trap continuous-wave optical tweezers, • Multi-colour confocal fluorescence microscopy, and • Multi-channel laminar flow microfluidics. These technologies are protected by several granted patents, including: US9952421, EP3256254B1 (optical traps), US9766180, EP3004848B1 (fluorescence imaging), S11156513B2 (optical force measurement) and EP3737756B1 (DNA supercoiling). No other commercially available instrument can provide simultaneous, correlated forcedistance-fluorescence measurements with the required resolution and sensitivity. Key performance features exclusive to the C-Trap include: • Force resolution 0.1 pN and drift stability 0.3 pN over 2 minutes • Confocal localisation precision 15 nm • Real-time imaging of single molecules under physiological flow conditions • Escape force 1000 pN, allowing for broad biological applicability • Integrated hardware/software for fast setup and automated experimental workflows. Additionally, the system includes a complete service and application support package, exclusive training kits, and proprietary components that are not available from any other provider
Other Information
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Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05dd90
- FTS 072355-2025