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NCA21114 Tecan Freedom EVO

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

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03 Aug 2022 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

The contract titled "NCA21114 Tecan Freedom EVO" has been awarded by the University of Edinburgh, a central purchasing body located at Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HT. The procurement process, classified under the "goods" category, was conducted using a limited method without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract, related to advancing genomics technology, was signed on 21st February 2022, and has a total value of £187,600. This contract is now at the award stage, having completed prior phases.

This opportunity presents significant potential for businesses engaged in the biotechnology and laboratory equipment sectors, particularly those offering advanced genomic technologies. Companies that specialise in automated systems or related scientific instruments would be particularly suited to compete in future tenders from the University of Edinburgh or similar educational institutions. Leveraging this procurement might enable businesses to access new clients and expand their market presence within the academia-focused healthcare and research industries.

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Notice Title

NCA21114 Tecan Freedom EVO

Notice Description

Device to replace the current automated platform and will allow the processing of the new generation of genotyping arrays.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Tecan Freedom EVO will allow accurate processing of the new generation arrays, these have smaller beads that allows higher genomic content and increased samples per bead chip. Improvements in the workflow decreases processing time from 3 days to 2 days therefore allowing higher throughput. Improvements in reagents give better signal to noise ratio and, importantly, removes the need for formamide so safer for technicians and the environment. Genotyping and methylation arrays continue to be a popular and economical method for genomic investigation with many thousands of samples ran each year. The Genetics Core, Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility, has been running Illumina arrays since 2005. As a core facility it provides equitable access to researchers at all stages of their career on a simple cost-recovery model. The Tecan Freedom EVO will be used to process the new arrays as released. The first two confirmed arrays are: Global Clinical Research Array - a 24-sample bead chip with 1.3M markers Global Screening Array (v4) - an updated version of the GSA v3 but allowing 48 samples to be processed, increased from 24, so allowing higher throughput and reduced processing costs. This will support new and ongoing studies such as GenOMICC (Prof Baillie) where over 22k covid19 patient samples have been genotyped using the GSA (Nature 2021) and Generation Scotland (Prof Sudlow) as they collect and genotype a further 20k samples, as well as many small to medium sized projects across Edinburgh and the UK

Procurement Information

Business Need Requirements (What will the Goods/Services/Works do? How does it help achieve a University objective/vision and/or tackle something which needs addressed or achieves benefits for the University?) The platform will replace the current Tecan automated platform and will allow the processing of the new generation of genotyping arrays ensuring the University has access to the latest genomics technology

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000698677
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG455369
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract 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

42 - Industrial machinery


CPV Codes

42997300 - Industrial robots

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£187,600 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Aug 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Feb 20224 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
f.vine@ed.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1316502508

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH1 1HT
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ILLUMINA

Further Information

Notice Documents

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