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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Newcastle University

(NU/1657) The Supply and Installation of Robots for Nucleic Acid Extraction, Library Preparation and qPCR

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£74k
Awarded10 May 2021
Published10 Jun 2021
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£74ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This sits in the upper-middle of the Laboratory & Precision Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Newcastle University researchers are looking to acquire equipment to automate processing of DNA and RNA samples and liquid handling including the library preparation and setting up qPCR reactions.

The sample types will vary and will include stool, tissue, and swabs.

The equipment will mainly be used in a research programme on microbiomes to be analysed from stool samples.

Suppliers should offer equipment which is compatible for use with QIAGEN QIAamp 96 PowerFecal QIAcube HT Kits.

Equivalent kits may be offered but results must show similar microbiome profiles to those obtained from the Qiagen kits.

The scope of the contract is for the delivery, installation and commissioning of DNA/RNA extraction robot and a liquid handling robot to be used for library preparation as specified in Section 3, a minimum of 1 year of warranty, and 5 years' maintenance and after sales service.

The service and maintenance cover shall begin directly following the 1-year warranty cover.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Suppliers should offer equipment which is compatible

Suppliers should offer equipment which is compatible for use with QIAGEN QIAamp 96 PowerFecal QIAcube HT Kits.

02

Equivalent kits may be offered but results

Equivalent kits may be offered but results must show similar microbiome profiles to those obtained from the Qiagen kits.

03

The service and maintenance cover shall begin

The service and maintenance cover shall begin directly following the 1-year warranty cover.

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OCID
54f10e3d-772b-4d49-a4d3-0252de36c523
Stage
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Source
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Buyer ref
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