Published date: 2 March 2023

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


Closing: 22 December 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Installation services of laboratory equipment - 51430000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£350,000 to £390,000

Procurement reference

NCL001-DN644232-51560074

Published date

2 March 2023

Closing date

22 December 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 February 2023

Contract end date

22 November 2027

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

Within Newcastle University the Genomics Core Facility (GCF) is a state-of-the-art Next-Generation Sequencing laboratory that specialises in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics applications and supports a wide range of sequencing-based research within the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) and beyond. The sequencing technology currently available within the facility is based on a clonally amplified short-read approach. As part of an MRC equipment award the University are seeking to purchase a high-throughput, scalable, long-read single-molecule sequencer. The scope of the contract is for the supply of the equipment and proprietary consumables, delivery, installation, training, 4 years of maintenance and servicing cover to begin once the 12-month warranty period has expired and proprietary consumables for 5 years post installation (to be purchased as and when required). The sequencer will be operated by dedicated and experienced NGS staff and will play a central role in large-scale discovery and translational research programmes involving genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic and single cell analysis.

Award information

Awarded date

1 February 2023

Contract start date

2 February 2023

Contract end date

3 February 2027

Total value of contract

£385,641

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Address

Gosling Building
Oxford Science Park
Edmund Halley Road
Littlemore
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 4DQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Barksby

Address

Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
England

Telephone

+44 1912086298

Email

emma.barksby@ncl.ac.uk

Website

https://www.ncl.ac.uk