Published date: 28 December 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: 19 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

SK17 9JN

Value of contract

£1 to £90,000

Procurement reference

HSE/SD/T8

Published date

28 December 2017

Closing date

19 February 2018

Contract start date

29 March 2018

Contract end date

29 April 2018

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Health & Safety's Laboratory (HSL) is inviting tenders for the supply of a Robotic Immunoassay System.

HSE's allergen monitoring service currently uses a 8 year old Tecan Evo system, with fixed pipetting probes. This is used primarily to measure by immunoassay low levels of allergens that have been extracted from filters after air sampling. The automated immunassay system is also used in the development of immunoassays. Overall the automation has a medium workload, and would be in use on a daily basis.

We are looking to replace the current Tecan Evo instrument. We are looking for a system that can be used by staff who do not have considerable technical knowledge of the equipment and programming software, and will allow us to reduce maintenance expenditure in the future. We understand that the use of dispoable pipettes will incurr increased consumable exposure, but we have some methods where the ability to ensure zero carry-over between samples is necessary.

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The Contract Start and Award dates are estimated & may be subject to change.

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The maximum budget available for this requirement is £90,000 including VAT, offers over this amount will not be accepted.

About the buyer

Contact name

Julie Gratton

Address

Harpur Hill
Buxton
SK17 9JN
England

Email

julie.gratton@hsl.gsi.gov.uk

Website

www.hsl.gov.uk