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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

RE20266 Automated Cage Processing System

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000 42995100 42997300
Value£1.2m
Awarded4 Sept 2020
Published21 Oct 2020
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£1.2mtotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£1.3m

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

*AWARDED* Closing date and time for Bidder to request RFP documents: 03/09/2020 @ 11:00hrs BST Closing date and time for Bidder to submit their response ('the deadline'): 04/09/2020 @ 11:00hrs BST DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender documentation MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing portal.

Brief Description of Requirement: As part of the UK Research and Innovation - Medical Research Council Mary Lyon Center's infrastructure upgrade project, it is seeking to replace its automated cage processing system.

A critical element of the operation, this requirement is for a fully integrated automated cage wash system; comprising of two robots (one cleaning / scraping out the cages and placing on conveyor belt for washing and the other taking the cleaned and dried cages, filling with new bedding material and stacking), tunnel washer, cage presentation and waste management system.

Please note you will be required to complete and return the Non-Disclosure Agreement in the attachment section in order to be able to gain access to the documentation for this procurement.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the RFP document.

How to Apply: UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and follow the instructions to register.

If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and the follow the instructions to 'Login' Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code: RA4SNU922P Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

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