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title: "NCA21114 Tecan Freedom EVO"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-035872"
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# NCA21114 Tecan Freedom EVO

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035872

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## Summary

The procurement process is initiated by the University of Edinburgh, seeking to acquire a Tecan Freedom EVO device, classified under industrial robots, to enhance genomic research capabilities. This limited tender procurement method, which did not publish a prior call for competition, has been completed with the contract awarded to Illumina for a total amount of £187,600. The contract was finalised on 21st February 2022, and the project's location is in the Edinburgh region, UK. The main objective is to replace an automated platform and improve the efficiency of processing new genotyping arrays within the Genetics Core facility.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in supplying advanced laboratory equipment and services, particularly those specialising in genomic technologies. Companies that offer high-quality, innovative solutions capable of meeting the technical specifications of automated platforms will be well-suited to engage in future tenders of this nature. Given the growing demand for genomic research, there is potential for business growth among suppliers who can provide reliable devices and solutions that enhance research workflows while ensuring safety and efficiency.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021217-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Feb 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £187,600 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 1HT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ILLUMINA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 42 - Industrial machinery

### Codes

- 42997300 - Industrial robots

## Release History

- 3 Aug 2022 at 09:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021217-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement/supplying
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000698677
- https://www.illumina.com/
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107

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