Request for information - Liquid Handling Robots
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The key dates for this RFI are as follows: RFI Published: 28 August 2026 RFI Response: 11 September 2026 Should you have any questions or queries relating to this RFI, please use the Atamis portal's messaging centre to direct your questions to us for a response.
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UKHSA will not enter into contracts on the basis of replies to this RFI.
Description of Scope of Requirements: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is responsible for protecting every member of every community from the impact of infectious diseases, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents and other health threats.
We provide intellectual, scientific and operational leadership at national and local level, as well as on the global stage, to make the nation's health secure.
Background: The UKHSA Sequencing Laboratories in Bristol, Colindale, Manchester, and Porton Down offer nucleic acid sequencing services to support a variety of public health and clinical functions.
These services currently include ongoing pathogen surveillance programmes, clinical metagenomics sequencing, and outbreak detection.
As part of the UKHSA Pathogen Genomics Strategy and Pandemic Preparedness Programme, we are looking to maintain and expand the capacity and efficiency of our Genomics services.
We therefore wish to explore available liquid handling robotics to support sequencing laboratory processing.
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Should you have any questions or queries
Should you have any questions or queries relating to this RFI, please use the Atamis portal's messaging centre to direct your questions to us for a response.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is responsible for protecting every member of every community from the impact of infectious diseases, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents and other health threats.
We provide intellectual, scientific and operational leadership
We provide intellectual, scientific and operational leadership at national and local level, as well as on the global stage, to make the nation's health secure.
The UKHSA Sequencing Laboratories in Bristol, Colindale
The UKHSA Sequencing Laboratories in Bristol, Colindale, Manchester, and Porton Down offer nucleic acid sequencing services to support a variety of public health and clinical functions.
We therefore wish to explore available liquid
We therefore wish to explore available liquid handling robotics to support sequencing laboratory processing.
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