Published date: 29 June 2017

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.


Closing: 21 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Development consultancy services - 73220000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£80,000

Procurement reference

UWE/026/2017

Published date

29 June 2017

Closing date

21 July 2017

Contract start date

1 August 2017

Contract end date

31 December 2017

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

This contract (approximately 5 months) will involve working with a research team at University of the West of England to progress the development of a disposable cartridge which forms part of a home diagnostic system.

The contract will involve improvements to the design of a prototype microfluidic cartridge to ensure reliability and repeatability of measurement. The cartridge will enable simultaneous measurement of 3 biomarkers and include various processing stages e.g. volumising, mixing and measurement.

Following testing of the design in conjunction with the UWE team, 50 moulded cartridges are to be delivered ready for trials with patient samples.


More information

Additional text

Additional information on how to apply for this contract:

Please register on the In-Tend HE Portal below to express interest and to download the tender documents:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/he/aspx/


About the buyer

Contact name

Ollie Whittle

Address

University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1QY
England

Email

ollie.whittle@uwe.ac.uk

Website

http://www.uwe.ac.uk/