<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><KD_8_1_Z4 version="1" xmlns="http://www.brz.gv.at/eproc/kd/2018/12"><CONTRACTING_BODY><ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY><OFFICIALNAME>Institute of Science and Technology Austria</OFFICIALNAME><NATIONALID>9110005615732</NATIONALID><PHONE>+43 22439000</PHONE><E_MAIL>tendering@ist.ac.at</E_MAIL><CONTACT></CONTACT></ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY></CONTRACTING_BODY><OBJECT_CONTRACT><TITLE><P>Upgrade Zeiss LSM 800 – Krens</P></TITLE> <REFERENCE_NUMBER>2026-350</REFERENCE_NUMBER><CPV_MAIN><CPV_CODE CODE="38510000" /></CPV_MAIN><TYPE_CONTRACT CTYPE="SUPPLIES" /><SHORT_DESCR><P>Das vorhandene LSM800 muss wieder auf den aktuellen Stand der Technik gebracht werden, was mit notwendigen Upgrades auf das Betriebssystem Windows 11 einhergeht, die zudem den Cybersicherheitsanforderungen  entsprechen. Die Imaging &amp; Optics Facility muss ihr LSM800-Mikroskop auf die LSM910-Plattform aktualisieren und das LSM980-Aufrechtsmikroskop um neue Funktionen und Modalit&#228;ten erweitern, um den Anforderungen aktueller und sich weiterentwickelnder Forschungsbereiche gerecht zu werden.</P></SHORT_DESCR><NO_LOT_DIVISION /><OBJECT_DESCR><NUTS CODE="AT126" /></OBJECT_DESCR></OBJECT_CONTRACT><AWARD_CONTRACT><AWARDED_CONTRACT><CONTRACTOR><ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR><OFFICIALNAME>Carl Zeiss GmbH</OFFICIALNAME></ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR></CONTRACTOR></AWARDED_CONTRACT></AWARD_CONTRACT><COMPLEMENTARY_INFO><DATE_DISPATCH_NOTICE>2026-09-01</DATE_DISPATCH_NOTICE></COMPLEMENTARY_INFO><ADDITIONAL_CORE_DATA><DATE_FIRST_PUBLICATION>2026-09-03</DATE_FIRST_PUBLICATION><DATETIME_LAST_CHANGE>2026-09-03T04:25:16</DATETIME_LAST_CHANGE><D_JUSTIFICATION><P>The procurement is to be made by way of a negotiated procedure with a single tenderer without prior notice pursuant to Art 36 (1) No 3 lit a Bundesvergabegesetz (BVergG).</P></D_JUSTIFICATION></ADDITIONAL_CORE_DATA></KD_8_1_Z4>