Published date: 17 August 2017

Last edited date: 17 August 2017

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: 15 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

  • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

  • Checking and testing apparatus - 38500000

Location of contract

M13 9PL

Value of contract

£0 to £165,000

Procurement reference

2017/1291/FP/DD/PC

Published date

17 August 2017

Closing date

15 September 2017

Contract start date

29 September 2017

Contract end date

28 March 2018

Contract type

Supply contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Purchase of a micro-scale parallel automated fermentation platform capable of online monitoring of multiple process parameters.

Scientific advances in industrial biotechnology (IB) and bio-based chemicals production have the potential to transform the global industrial landscape revolutionising sustainable manufacturing processes across all industrial sectors, including healthcare, sustainable energy, green chemistry, pharmaceuticals, novel materials and bioremediation. In fact, many of the challenges faced by industry and society (including energy demand and efficiency, replacement of fossil fuels and dealing with pollution, resource efficiency, food security, climate change and energy shortages) can now be tackled by bio-based production technologies. To exploit the potential of IB a thorough understanding of the performance of production strains and scale-up processes is critical. A high-throughput bench top micro-fermentation system is required to provide solutions to a major challenge area of process/clone validation prior to extensive scale up studies.

The funding for this purchase is from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) who will pay for this equipment on the basis of a strictly cash limited sum which is also subject to certain time constraints.

More information

Links

Additional text

To express an interest in this project please visit the website below where you will need to register to obtain tender documentation.

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofmanchester/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Office

Address

Manchester
Manchester
Lancashire
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

01612752160

Email

procurement@manchester.ac.uk