Supply of High-Speed Plankton Imaging Instrument to Cefas
Defra Network eTendering Portal · Awarded contract
AwardedSupply of High-Speed Plankton Imaging Instrument to Cefas
Awarded 07 Jun 2022
Awarded07 Jun 2022
Value£78,000.00
SupplierPlankton Analytics ltd
RegionEast of England
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 3y 10mo ago7mo term
Awarded 7 June 2022Expired 31 Dec 2022
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Defra Network eTendering Portal awarded a contract to Plankton Analytics ltd for the supply of a PI-10 high-speed colour line scan-based plankton imaging instrument.
The instrument is designed to connect to the water supply of the RV Cefas Endeavour, enabling continuous pumping of water from a depth of 4 m while the vessel is underway.
It is required to image all zooplankton larger than 100 μm passing through a flow cell, capturing and processing colour images via a controlling PC (minimum Windows 10 specification) and saving them to internal and external hard drives.
The contract value is AUD 78,000.
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