Notice Information
Notice Title
Quantifiler Trio DNA Hardware & Software Upgrade
Notice Description
Replacement of the current obsolete computer hardware and update of the software which is no longer supported.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Scottish Police Authority's ("the Authority") Forensic Services currently have purchased the necessary software and hardware upgrade to run DNA Quantifiler software on the Hamilton DNA Instrumentation. The patented product cannot be purchased from any supplier other than Life Technologies Limited due to product patent. There are no other equivalent products which may be used under the current maintenance agreement between the Authority and Life Technologies Limited. The award of this contract in the circumstances detailed in this Paper is consistent with Regulation 6 (4) (b) of The Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016, which allows the contracting authority to award a contract without a competitive process for additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the Authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000617686
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR383196
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
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- CPV Codes
44316400 - Hardware
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £59,787 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Mar 20205 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Feb 20206 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH POLICE AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- neil.frame@scotland.pnn.police.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1786895000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G51 1DZ
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Govan
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow South West
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR383196
Quantifiler Trio DNA Hardware & Software Upgrade - Replacement of the current obsolete computer hardware and update of the software which is no longer supported.
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