The Aalto University Foundation, operating as Aalto University (business ID 2228357-4) invited tenders for a fluorescence activated

cell sorting device (hereinafter referred to as ‘FCS’).

Object of the contract is a complete turn-key, stand-alone FCS device capable of high-speed and sensitivity sorting of cells, bacteria and

synthetic materials, including for example polymersomes, nanoparticles and other colloidal objects. Key techniques include

analysis from a flow of fluid that streams through a beam of light where the system records how the cell or particle scatters

incident laser light and emits fluorescence. Expected outcomes are cell/particle counting, single particle sorting based on

particle's relative size, granularity or internal complexity, and relative fluorescence intensity. FCS shall have a software both for

the FCS system control and for acquiring and interpreting the experimental data.

The subject of the contract is delivery and installation of the FCS, including hardware and software, and also training for a

minimum of two (2) persons and an acceptance test.