Published date: 4 July 2022

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


Closing: 25 April 2022, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments - 33100000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£29,589.18

Procurement reference

6Plex 96-Well qPCR Instrument.

Published date

4 July 2022

Closing date

25 April 2022

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

26 April 2022

Contract end date

26 April 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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 ABI QuantStudio5 qPCR thermal cycler would be the best addition to the schools bank of equipment; I have looked at the other manufacturer's instruments and have based my selection on the following, unique and beneficial features of this instrument:

• The instrument does 6plex, whereas the others are 5plex, this capability will also cover every probe that users may want to use (FAM™/SYBR™ Green, VIC™/JOE™/HEX™/TET™, ABY™/NED™/TAMRA™/Cy®3, JUN™, ROX™/Texas Red™, Mustang Purple™, Cy®5/LIZ™, Cy®5.5).

• Has 6 independent temperature zones in the block which allows for faster and cheaper optimisation of new targets.
• It's supplied with a laptop, which means users can download data while the instrument is running without risk of affecting other people's data, other instruments have in built systems.
• The software is available without licence which means all users can download the software to their own computer to analyse their data on or off campus.
• Software is compatible with PC and MAC.
• The instrument is able to be calibrated by the user rather than having to be done by the manufacturer, this will reduce future service contract costs.

Award information

Awarded date

26 April 2022

Contract start date

26 April 2022

Contract end date

26 April 2022

Total value of contract

£29,589.18

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

FISHER SCIENTIFIC U.K., LIMITED

Address

Bishop Meadow Road
LOUGHBOROUGH
Leicestershire
LE11 5RG
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 02883961

Value of contract

£29,589.18

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Guy Wilding

Address

Kings Meadow Campus, Lenton Lane
NOTTINGHAM
NG72NR
England

Telephone

0115 951 5151 ext 15151

Email

procurement@nottingham.ac.uk