Published date: 24 March 2021
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£35,000
Procurement reference
tender_268426/944845
Published date
24 March 2021
Closing date
6 April 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
8 April 2021
Contract end date
7 April 2022
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
Public Health England (PHE) requires the provision of a virus particle counting system for use in its Medical Interventions Group.
The system will be used for quantification of virus banks required for the characterisation of fixed and/or live ACDP Hazard Group 2 and 3 agents.
The proposed solution MUST be able to fulfil all of the following requirements:
- Be able to quantify virus particles in inactivated banks of viruses (Generally chemically inactivated with aldehydes)
- Be able to analyse particles within the size range of 30 nm to 10 µm [bidders must be able to provide/state their size range and accuracy in nanometres].
- Be able to calculate the concentration of virus samples within the range of 1E05 to 1E11 / mL
- Be able to give an indication of the size distribution of a preparation
- Be able to analyse small volumes of sample [bidders must be able to provide/state the minimum sample size that can be tested]
- Provide information on specific size subtypes.
- Be able to characterize individual particles in a sample population
- Be ready to run without the requirement for extensive calibration
- Be portable for use at different sites with a minimum of set up and calibration after moving the instrument (bidders must be able to give an approximate set up time and an instrument weight in kg)
- Be suitable for processing inactivated virus samples
If you feel that you can meet the above requirements, please email Mihaela.Tinca@phe.gov.uk
The closing date and time for any queries is 6th April 2021 at 12:00 pm
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