Published date: 27 November 2020

This notice was replaced on 14 January 2021

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Awarded contract (published 14 January 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Library automation equipment - 30238000

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

  • Industrial robots - 42997300

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£750,000

Procurement reference

tender_241442/898214

Published date

27 November 2020

Closing date

1 December 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

11 December 2020

Contract end date

11 December 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Public Health England provides a next generation sequencing (NGS) service for users within the PHE network. The high throughput nature of the work (greater than 50,000 sample/year) requires a large investment in automated processes that can interphase with our LIMS systems. PHE seeks to procure a new robotics walk-away platform for provision of its NGS service. The current workflow performs all procedures from sample dilutions, enzymatic library preparation (LP) and pooling of libraries. The robotics being offered must support ISO15189: 2012 under which PHE is operating. The procured system must be able to perform the current workflow (Illumina Nextera XT or Nextera Flex LP) appropriately and be able to be modified for future developments as and when laboratory requirements.

This is a tender for Colindale central sequencing laboratory only.

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About the buyer

Address

61 Colindale Avenue, Colindale
London
NW9 5EQ
England

Email

mercy.mashem@phe.gov.uk