Published date: 2 November 2020

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Awarded contract (published 12 January 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment - 38950000

Location of contract

E14 4PU

Value of contract

£23,683

Procurement reference

tender_234499/899497

Published date

2 November 2020

Closing date

16 July 2020

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

12 October 2020

Contract end date

10 October 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The agency is looking to purchase a QPCR machine which has a 96 well plate format, it must be able to run 20 ul and 50 ul reaction volumes. It must have 5 colour filters for multiplexing an LED light source. The equipment must be self-diagnostics for identifying faults and able to be networked to the institutes IT system. The equipment must have a footprint no deeper than 54cm to fit onto a bench. It must also have an integrated touchscreen, the ability to store data from a few runs and allow use of researcher defined reagents and thermoprofiles and protocol editing. The machine must also allow analysis of data by Second Derivative Max and Fit Points method and be compliant for audit trail of data for 17025. The machine must be windows 10 compatible and have software available for data analysis in the office. We may need an additional 8 software licenses so the cost of these must be competitive. We would require a service/repair agreement that DOES NOT involve having to send the machine off site for repair or service. The budget is £25,000 (Inc VAT).

Award information

Awarded date

2 October 2020

Contract start date

12 October 2020

Contract end date

10 October 2025

Total value of contract

£23,683

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd

Address

5500 Lakeside, Cheadle Royal Business Park, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3GR, UK

Reference

No reference - other

About the buyer

Address

Address
London
EN6 3QG
England

Telephone

+441707641000

Email

purchasing@nibsc.org

Website

https://mhra.bravosolution.co.uk/web_mhra/login.html?_ncp=1574853857507.17666-1