Award, Contract

Dry heat sterilizer for animal bedding and cages

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    20th May 2025 00:00:00 AM

  • Contract Summary

    The University provides accommodation for a large volume of animals in the course of it’s day to day work. Regular sterilization of bedding and cages is critical to ensure the health and wellbeing of animals and to comply with bio-security controls set by the government and by accepted best-practice (such as avoiding the propagation of infectious diseases). In recent months an incumbent steam-based sterilizer system has failed on a regular basis, placing these bio-security and welfare controls at risk. Steam based machines are time consuming to build and maintain; in order to avoid an operational incident and provide biosecurity assurance as soon as possible the University has decided it should urgently procure an immediate solution, ahead of making long term plans for the replacement/upgrade of such machines. It is believed that a new type of device – a dry-heat based steriliser – would be the most appropriate solution, as in principle this is a simpler device which could be delivered and built faster than a steam counterpart. On the basis of; - Urgent circumstances which the University could not reasonably foresee or control - It is believed there may only be one supplier on the market who has an established dry-heat proposition with a prior service record encompassing a reasonable period of time The University is notifying the market it plans to undertake a Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Call for Competition. The University will observe a ten (10) day Stand-Still in line with the Public Contract Regulations (Scotland) 2015. Any suppliers wishing to challenge this procedure should do so with the individual stated on the notice, during this Stand-Still. Value is an estimate consisting of GBP 380k expected cost with GBP 25k contingency.

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-r6ebe6-0000799260

    Publication Source

    Public Contracts Scotland

    Procurement Stage

    Award, Contract

    Procurement Method

    Limited

    Procurement Method Details

    Award Procedure Without Prior Publication Of A Call For Competition

    Procurement Category

    Goods

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    42000000

    CPV Division(s)

    42 - Industrial machinery

  • Awarding Authority

    UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

    Buyer Name

    Buyer Email

    jpike2@ed.ac.uk

    Buyer Phone

    +44 1316502759

    Buyer Address

    Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street

    Edinburgh

    EH1 1HT

  • Awarded Supplier(s)

    Supplier Name(s)

    PROCESS CONTROL SOLUTIONS

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