Published date: 4 May 2023

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


Closing: 4 April 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous medical devices and products - 33190000

  • Test tubes - 33192500

  • Laboratory furniture - 39180000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£48,000

Procurement reference

tender_365159/1210659

Published date

4 May 2023

Closing date

4 April 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

2 May 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Bristol Bioresource Laboratories manage the storage of over 2 million biological samples in a mix of ~80 ULT-80°C, 30 -20°C freezers, cryostores and room temperature storage. Samples are kept for long-term storage with ALSPAC samples collected since 1991.

BBL is focused on reducing freezer requirements to meet UoB climate goals. BBL's current storage of samples is inefficient and has been in use since the study started in 1991. The majority of BBL samples are 0.2ml or 0.5ml, stored within a 2ml tube, which is highly space inefficient. New products on the market allow storage of the same volume of sample in a smaller footprint allowing to maximise freezer space and reduce the number of freezers required overall.

BBL wish to change from using standard 2ml screw cap tubes with user generated and printed labels for storage of aliquots to using unique 2D barcoded (on the bottom) tubes The main aim for this is to reduce the volume of space that samples take up within BBL freezers and also to streamline processes. i.e scanning a whole rack of 96 samples can be done in 5 seconds as opposed to minutes and with greater accuracy.

Award information

Awarded date

27 April 2023

Contract start date

2 May 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2025

Total value of contract

£48,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Address

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
England

Telephone

0

Email

yi19222@bristol.ac.uk