Published date: 8 January 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 22 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Washing equipment - 42716110

  • Washers - 44532200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

tender_196000/731973

Published date

8 January 2019

Closing date

22 January 2019

Contract start date

1 February 2019

Contract end date

31 January 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Public Health England (PHE) requires the provision of microwell plate washers for use in its National Infection Service (NIS) Porton laboratories. Due to the nature of the work, the equipment must be able to fulfil the following requirements:
- Be programmable to dispense a 96-well plate wash volume of 5x 200µL of ELISA wash buffer.

- Must be programmable a 96-well plate wash volume of 5x 200µL of ELISA wash buffer.

- Must be programmable to adjust fair flow rate of 0.25bar.

- The plate washer must be able to fit in a CL2 cabinet and have a small footprint to allow adequate air flow and space for operation.

- Must be chemically resistant to decontamination with 70% isopropanol alcohol.

- Must be suitable for 96-well microplate format.

- Must have wash buffer liquid level sensor to avoid inaccuracies in wash volume dispensation.

- The plate washer system must contain internal pumps for air and liquid pressure flow.

- Must have a touchscreen LCD display

- Must have colour coded lines to all available connection from the plate washer to buffer reservoirs

- Must include training of operators for use of the software and plate washer

If you feel that you have a solution which can meet the requirements outlined above, please contact Anna Gibson anna.gibson@phe.gov.uk and Kallie Rivers kallie.rivers@phe.gov.uk with details of your proposed solution/ to access the tender documents through: https://phe.bravosolution.co.uk, by no later than 22nd January 2018.

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About the buyer

Address

61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
England

Email

kallie.rivers@phe.gov.uk