Published date: 2 May 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: 15 May 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Installation services of laboratory equipment - 51430000

  • Laboratory services - 71900000

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP394555095

Published date

2 May 2019

Closing date

15 May 2019

Contract start date

1 June 2019

Contract end date

30 June 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/TKK2UX7662
Requirement:

1.Nucleic acids extraction robot.

The proposed solution is required to:
• Extract nucleic acids from homogenised tissue in a high throughput way, reducing laboratory technician time and the health and safety implications of chemicals used in standard extraction methods.
•Must be able to independently process 1 to 48 samples at a time and have a suitable system to record informatically the samples information.
•Provide an extraction process that should not take longer than one hour in order to maintain nucleic acid stability.
•Operate by nucleic acids binding beads rather than using liquid handling to avoid contaminations.
•Be able to extract nucleic acids from difficult sample types as shrimps hepatopancreas, filtered water, gills.
•Measure the nucleic acid concentration by fluorescence at the end of the extraction (or to be connected to a quantification device) and record the concentration.
•Provide additional samples holders in order to enable the operator to start preparing a new batch of samples while the robot is running.

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Roberts

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK

Telephone

01502527766

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk