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title: "Complete Service Contract for Liquid Handling Robots"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03938e"
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# Complete Service Contract for Liquid Handling Robots

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03938e

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## Summary

The University of Edinburgh has awarded a service contract for the maintenance and repair of liquid handling robots. The contract, with an award value of £224,913 and signed on 21st December 2022, was awarded to Tecan UK Ltd. The procurement method used was an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contracting process was initiated as a tender and has now reached the award stage. The contract is for a five-year term, located at the Edinburgh BioQuarter campus, serving the industry category of repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses skilled in providing comprehensive service support packages, responsive service calls, and maintaining spare parts availability for precision equipment. The unique nature of the liquid handling robots, sourced exclusively from Tecan since 2015, necessitates expertise in servicing these complex systems. Businesses adept at delivering high-quality maintenance services with swift response times and specialised spare parts sourcing capabilities would be well-suited to compete for similar contracting opportunities in the medical equipment maintenance sector.

## Notice

Five-years term maintenance contract for Freedom Evo liquid handling robots.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Five years contract for maintenance and repair of two Freedom Evo liquid handling robots.

### Procurement Information

The two Tecan Freedom Evo liquid handling robots are complex pieces of equipment that need in-depth knowledge of the system and uninterrupted access to parts should these be necessary. The robots were originally bought from Tecan back in 2015 and Tecan has been providing the maintenance services ever since. There would be disproportionate technical difficulties in a third party maintaining our instruments, as they would have to source spares via Tecan, adding cost and delay to the support package 48-hour response time. Any OEM warranty with Tecan might also be invalidated, so Tecan is the only viable and practical supplier of these services.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036295-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Dec 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Dec 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 | £224,913 |

## 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 | TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50400000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
- 50430000 - Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment

## Release History

- 22 Dec 2022 at 08:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036295-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000717759
- https://www.ed.ac.uk
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court
- https://www.tecan.com/

## Provenance

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