Aarhus Universitet

The Department of Agroecology, Section for CropsGenetics and Biotechnology at Aarhus University puts out to tender the purchase of a phenotyping system using five high-resolution cameras to cap-ture images of in vitro tissue cultures or seedlings, enabling continuous and non-destructive moni-toring of the growth and development of regenerated plants. These image datasets will be analysed using machine-learning models to automatically quantify morphological and physiological traits that will be difficult to assess manually. By identifying patterns associated with successful growth re-sponses, the system will accelerate the optimization of tissue-culture protocols for new species or cultivars.

Udbuddet vedrører Delaftale 1 Rammeaftale om Levering af Laboratoriehandsker og Delaftale 2 Rammeaftale om Levering af Værnemidler til laboratoriebrug. Formålet med dette udbud er at konkurrenceudsætte universiteternes køb af laboratoriehandsker og værnemidler af den nødvendige kvalitet, som ikke er dækket af eksisterende aftaler.

Aarhus University seeks a contractor to carry out a large-scale airborne geophysical survey of the Rift Valley Basin in Ethiopia in early 2026, using a helicopter-based slung-load transient electromagnetic (TEM) system and magnetic instruments to map shallow and deep hydrogeological structures. Conducted in close partnership with the Ministry of Water and Energy of Ethiopia and Addis Ababa University, the survey aims to improve understanding of the Basin’s hydrogeological settings under different geological and environmental conditions. The contractor must collect high-resolution TEM and magnetic data, capable of imaging layers as thin as 3 meters near the surface and achieving penetration depths of up to 500 meters, while meeting strict technical, calibration, safety, and data-delivery requirements. The project includes joint flight-line planning, rigorous system testing and documentation, and delivery of data ready for processing in Aarhus Workbench, all within a maximum budget of 5,000,000 DKK.

Udbuddet omfatter køb af konsulentydelser relateret til fysisk og psykosocialt arbejdsmiljø, herun-der også organisationsudvikling. De konkrete opgaver løses efter løbende aftale og dialog med de en-kelte enheder hos Ordregiver. De konkrete opgaver vil i enkelte tilfælde løses i samarbejde med Or-dregivers interne HR-konsulenter. Henvendelser fra Ordregiver kan omfatte opgaver relateret til: • Organisationsudvikling i de forskellige enheder og teams • Psykiske arbejdsmiljøydelser • Fysiske og ergonomiske arbejdsmiljøproblematikker Udbuddet er opdelt i 2 delaftaler, se nærmere herom i afsnit 1.5.

Aarhus Universitet har indgået aftale om levering af en brugt UE54 APPLE‑II undulator med tilhørende vakuumkammer til ASTRID2‑synkrotronen med Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).

1. The purchase concerns a BioLector XT microbioreactor system is intended for users associated with the Novo Nordisk Foundation C0₂ Research Center (CORC) and the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering (BCE). The device allows running up to 48 cultures in parallel under controlled environmental conditions. 2. A strong component of the Research and CORC and BCE is the development of microbial cell factories and culture processes that can provide biosolutions to the urgent grand challenges of the society. Our early-stage R&D should generate reliable and scalable bioprocess data, ensuring results are relevant to larger-scale bioreactors, later to be demonstrated in AU Viborg. Therefore, the small-scale cultures must be carried out under well defined environmental conditions, monitoring parameters like dissolved oxygen, pH, and product fo1mation (usually linked to fluorescence markers of genes of interest). The unique capabilities of the BioLector to monitor several fluorescence, biomass, pH and dissolved oxygen in each individual well of a microtiter plate, make it a potent tool to assist our microbial strain screening and design, as well as culture media and fetmentation development under defined conditions and culture schemes sinular to those of industrial applications. 3. The BioLector is a unique instrument in the market. It is the only instrument that gives the combination of high oxygen transfer, real-time monitoring, and parallel microbioreactor capability, which is 11ecessa1y for scalable bioprocess development. The capacity of manipulating gas composition allows experiments under controlled and defined oxygen availability. Without these capabilities, the research would produce less reliable and non-scalable data, which cannot support further process development at larger scale. The high accuracy and scalability of results from the BioLector cannot be achieved by conventional plate readers 4. There are no comparable products in the market. A wide search on a variety of websites was carried out and only plate readers were found. Such systems only measure fluorescence and optical density, and their shaking capabilities are usually low. In contrast, the plates used in the BioLector have an especial geometty that, in combination with the high shaking frequency, allow reaching oxygen transfer rates comparable to those of stirred tank bioreactors. Moreover, conventional plate readers cannot measure neither the dissolved oxygen nor the pH, which is essential for understanding the culture performance. This, together with the possibility of manipulating the gas composition in the headspace, make it a unique system with virtually no sinular devices in the market.

Aarhus University has completed the open procedure regarding the procurement of consultancy services for thematic roadmaps and impact framework to EIT Water, Aarhus University.

We are contracting services to provide advice and Executive Search services for the recruitment of key C-Suite hires for the newly established Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), EIT Water - a body which will be funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

Aarhus University has completed the open procedure regarding the procurement of Executive Search services in support of the recruitment of a CEO, COO, CFO and CCO for the EIT KIC Water.

Anskaffelsen vedrører en brugt UE54 APPLE‑II undulator med tilhørende vakuumkammer til ASTRID2‑synkrotronen i forbindelse med opgraderingen af SGM4 (microARPES) beamlinen. Systemet kan erhverves fra Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, for 209.850 CHF og kan leveres senest den 1. august 2026. Den hurtige levering er relevant for projektets gennemførelse inden for den gældende bevillingsperiode. En grundig markedsafdækning, jf. nedenfor, viser, at den tilbudte løsning er unik mht. ydeevne, grænseflader/dimensioner. Formålet er at levere fuld polarisationskontrol og den nødvendige insertion‑device‑performance til at udvide SGM4’s videnskabelige kapabiliteter. Anskaffelsen er samtidig led i den afsluttende, større opgradering i ASTRID2’s overgang mod et tredjegenerationssynkrotron‑anlæg. Den krævede tekniske løsning er en APPLE‑II‑type indsatsmagnet, der kan integreres i den tilgængelige plads i ASTRID2 og levere fuldt elliptisk polariseret lys – herunder højre‑ og venstrecirkulær samt lineær polarisering fra 0–90°. Kravene er knyttet til den eksisterende ASTRID2‑/SGM4‑infrastruktur og behovet for polarisationsafhængige målinger, herunder cirkulær dikroisme. Hovedkrav: • APPLE‑II‑topologi med fuld polarisationskontrol • 32 perioder, periodelængde 54 mm • Kx = 2,7 • Ky = 4,00 • Gap‑område: 16–100 mm • Shift‑område: ±27 mm (to shift‑akser) • Total mekanisk længde: 2.070 mm Der er gennemført en markedsundersøgelse i perioden marts 2024 – september 2025, som omfattede (i) henvendelser til leverandører af nye insertion devices (fx KYMA S.p.A), (ii) dialog med fageksperter om løsninger og potentielle leverandører samt (iii) afdækning af mulige sælgere af brugt udstyr ved årlige samarbejdsfora med deltagelse af alle europæiske synchrotron‑lys kilder. På baggrund heraf er der ikke identificeret andre tilgængelige brugte undulatorer, som opfylder ASTRID2/SGM4‑opgraderingens samlede plads‑, tekniske og funktionskrav. Den tilbudte UE54 APPLE‑II‑undulator fra Swiss Light Source vurderes derfor som den eneste identificerede, tilgængelige brugte enhed på markedet, der opfylder de relevante krav, og der er ikke identificeret noget alternativ. Kontrakten indgås tidligst efter udløbet af 10 kalenderdage regnet fra dagen efter denne bekendtgørelses offentliggørelse.