Published date: 27 June 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 4 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£1,000

Procurement reference

tender_300855/1082598

Published date

27 June 2022

Closing date

4 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

To help meet increasing needs, Cefas have a requirement to establish a new framework agreement for the provision of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) services to include the approaches detailed below, and any proposed solution/awarded Provider must be able to fulfil the following requirements (as a minimum):

1. The service provided must include the receipt of sample(s) from Cefas, Library Preparation, Quality Control and sequencing, and delivery of data back to Cefas.

2. The service provided must be able to offer, depending on the requirements of the project, a range of NGS technical options including but not restricted to high throughput short and long read sequencing (including Illumina MiSeq, HiSeq, and NovaSeq platforms, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore Technologies) for a diverse range of sequencing requirements, including but not restricted to amplicon sequencing (metabarcoding and multiplexed protocols), whole/partial genome sequencing, mitogenomics, genome skimming, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, RNASeq, and hybrid approaches.

Depending on the requirements of the project, some processing and initial analyses of the raw data may be requested. Collaborative, jointly-authored projects will also be undertaken, with input from both parties.

Award information

Awarded date

15 June 2022

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2027

Total value of contract

£1,000

This contract was awarded to 4 suppliers.

CeGat GmbH

Address

Paul-Ehrlich-Str, 23, D-72072 Tübingen, Germany

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

The University of Exeter

Address

The Innovation Centre, Rennes Drive, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RN

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Macrogen Europe BV

Address

Meibergdreef 57, 1105 BA Amsterdam

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Novogene (UK) Company Limited

Address

25 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road Cambridge, CB4 0FW

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
England

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk

Website

www.cefas.co.uk