Contract award notice: Zebrafish/small fresh water multirack systems

Objective of the tender Design and purchase of zebrafish/small fresh water multirack systems for a new zebrafish facility including installation work. Design should also contain work space (area for breeding and handling fish) and small ante room. The systems should include 10-13 aquarium racks with re-circulating life-support systems and monitoring of critical environmental parameters.

The systems should consist of larger unit(s) for nursing zebrafish larva and housing of adult zebrafish (8-10 racks), and smaller independent stand-alone unit(s) consisting of 2-3 racks. The tender should include sufficient amount of diverse tanks and auxiliary equipment for normal operation (nets, turnover of tanks during washing, tanks for rearing larva and juvenile fish, smaller and larger tanks for housing individual and cohorts of adult zebrafish and breeding tanks). Optional equipment such as automatic feeding robot, tank washer or systems for food production (hatching of artemia nauplii) could be included in the tender.

A premise (room) suitable for the installation has been designated (see information below). Following the design, the room housing the system will fitted by the contracting unit if so required (University of Turku) according to requirements of the design. Installation of the system should be ready within 3-6 months after the room has been prepared according to design.

Maintenance requirements and maintenance contract for the system should also be provided.