Published date: 5 October 2020

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: 19 October 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£120,000 to £125,000

Procurement reference

NCL001-DN502229-95171876

Published date

5 October 2020

Closing date

19 October 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

26 November 2020

Contract end date

9 August 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Newcastle University Biosciences Institute is one of three research institutes established in 2019 following a restructure within the Faculty of Medical Sciences. Its members map across the biomedical research landscape. Our mission is to unravel the basic biological processes and tackle major biomedical challenges, generating knowledge that is vital to human health and educating the next generation of bio-scientists. The Institute is composed of bioengineers and cellular, molecular and computational biologists, working closely together with clinical and technological experts. Our research income is in excess of £11M per year, split over 62 projects from a variety of funding sources including UK charities, Research Councils, UK industry, EU (both industry and government).

The Osteoarthritis Genetics Group, or the OAG, are based within the Biosciences Institute at the International Centre for Life. Their research focus is identifying and characterising those genes that confer risk towards the development and progression of osteoarthritis (OA), research focus is identifying and then characterising those genes that confer risk towards the development and progression of osteoarthritis (OA). The purpose of this tender process is to engage a supplier to run Illumina EPIC methylation arrays on 600 supplied DNA samples. Samples will be supplied for processing in 2 batches in mid-2021.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Barksby

Address

Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
England

Telephone

+44 1912086298

Email

emma.barksby@ncl.ac.uk

Website

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/