Published date: 10 November 2015

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: 10 December 2015

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Checking and testing apparatus - 38500000

Location of contract

NE1 7RU

Value of contract

£220,000

Procurement reference

A44H-FNW3GF-A45K-WVMKDT

Published date

10 November 2015

Closing date

10 December 2015

Contract start date

27 December 2015

Contract end date

27 December 2016

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This Surface Plasmon Resonance System will enable researchers to identify, evaluate, and characterise small molecule fragments, which through structure activity relationship (SAR) to be developed into chemical probes against the primary biological target. The NICR has considerable experience in developing small molecule compounds into validated inhibitors through structure guided drug design, and wishes to augment this capacity with a surface plasmon resonance biosensor system to allow identification and lead optimisation of small molecules chemical probes through the drug development pipeline.

More information

Additional text

Information about delivery location: Paul O'Gorman Building, Newcastle University, North Terrace, Newcastle Upon
Tyne, NE2 4AD.

About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Barksby

Address

Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
UK

Telephone

0191 222 6298

Email

emma.barksby@ncl.ac.uk