Published date: 29 June 2017
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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.
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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
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