Published date: 12 March 2019

Last edited date: 12 March 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: 20 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Dispensers - 42968000

  • Automation system - 48921000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£60,000

Procurement reference

tender_201398/752206

Published date

12 March 2019

Closing date

20 March 2019

Contract start date

25 March 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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) is seeking to replace the end of their life span automated spiral platers for its Food, Water and Environmental (FW&E) Microbiology Services. The use of a spiral plater system saves resource for the laboratories in terms of staff time and also removes the repetitive strain issues associated with pipetting and spreading such small volumes across agar plates. The three FW&E Microbiology Services laboratories inoculate approximately 2,500 plates per month per instrument.
The systems must allow small volumes (50 microlitres) of food homogenate samples to spiralled onto the surface of a 90mm agar plate in a standardised manner. using this piece of equipment

If you are interested in participating in this opportunity please login / register to PHE's eSourcing platform Bravo: https://phe.bravosolution.co.uk

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Anna Gibson

Address

Manor Farm Road, Porton Down
Salisbury
SP2 0QT
England

Email

anna.gibson@phe.gov.uk