Notice Information
Notice Title
Reagents and Bioinformatics analysis
Notice Description
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) kits
Lot Information
Lot 1
Award value estimated based on previous spend for 2023-24 financial year. This is a direct award to the existing supplier to save a significant amount of rework that would be required if the genetics lab was to switch to an alternative supplier. This will cover the spend for 2024-25 financial year. It is vital that the supply of these items is uninterrupted as any delay will impact on patient care including cancer surgery / treatments, stem cell transplants for patients with primary immune deficiencies and bone marrow failure and correct patient management to prevent irreversible brain damage in metabolic conditions.
Procurement Information
We have a number of services within the department that use Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) kits supplied by SOPHiA Genetics. These services are funded by National Services division (NSD) and the Aberdeen laboratory provides National services for Hereditary Breast, Ovarian and prostate cancer, Cardiac arrhythmias and Whole exome sequencing (for metabolic, gastrohepatology, chromosome breakage / inherited bone marrow failure and eye disorders) using these SOPHiA kits. These are essential established reagents used in these testing pathways, having previously undergone extensive validation processes within the laboratory. Purchase of alternative reagents would involve delay to testing as additional extensive validation work would need to be undertaken before use. An integral bioinformatics solution, SOPHiA DDM, is included in the price of these SOPHiA kits which provides cost-effective, streamlined analysis for these patient samples. In addition, SOPHiA DDM is used to analyse NGS data for other rare and inherited conditions using tailored analysis pipelines. This includes Primary Immune Deficiencies, Familial Hypercholesterolaemia and tumour testing for metastatic prostate cancer. This is charged on a cost per sample upload basis and allows clinical scientists to analyse the data in an efficient manner without the need for specialist bioinformaticians. Purchase of bioinformatics services from another provider would take a significant amount of time for the validation work required to ensure accurate results are obtained and would incur significant costs for extensive validation. Furthermore, additional staff would be required to perform the bioinformatics processes that would be required in the absence of the SOPHiA DDM platform for all of the national genetics services mentioned above. It is vital that the supply of these items is uninterrupted as any delay will impact on patient care including cancer surgery / treatments, stem cell transplants for patients with
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-046d5a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017321-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33696500 - Laboratory reagents
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £352,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jun 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 May 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS GRAMPIAN
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- simon.ogg@nhs.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 3454566000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABERDEEN
- Postcode
- AB15 6RE
- Post Town
- Aberdeen
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM5 North Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
-
- Local Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Electoral Ward
- Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Aberdeen North
Further Information
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