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Newcastle University

(NU/1075) Supply and Installation of Two Bench Top Next Generation Sequencers

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38434500
Value£370k
Awarded23 Aug 2015
Published10 Sept 2015
RegionNorth East
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£370ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This tender is a call-off from the UK SBS Framework Agreement for High Throughput DNA Sequencing Systems, Reagents and Consumables.

The University is tendering for two bench top next generation sequencers.

The scope of the contract is for the supply, delivery, installation, training and 2 years of maintenance and servicing cover to begin once the 12 month warranty period has expired.

The sequencers will be used within the Newcastle University Single Cell Functional Genomics Unit (NUSCU), a faculty wide facility based within the FMS.

The sequencers will be operated by dedicated and experienced staff and will play a central role in single cell research as well as a wider role as a core facility platform.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The scope of the contract is

The scope of the contract is for the supply, delivery, installation, training and 2 years of maintenance and servicing cover to begin once the 12 month warranty period has expired.

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1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
This tender is a call-off from the UK SBS Framework Agreement for High Throughput DNA Sequencing Systems, Reagents and Consumables.

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