---
title: "Service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-139902"
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source: "Sell2Wales"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "PUBLIC HEALTH WALES"
published: "2024-05-14"
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# Service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq

Buyer: PUBLIC HEALTH WALES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-139902

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## Summary

The Public Health Wales organisation based in Cardiff, UK, has recently awarded a service contract for the procurement of 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq equipment. This contract, part of the Health industry category, was awarded through a limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition. The award was made to Illumina Cambridge Ltd, a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) based in Nr Saffron Walden, UK. The contract is valued at £273,708 and was signed on 15th April 2024.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for companies specializing in providing service and maintenance for specialist equipment in the Health sector. Businesses with expertise in maintaining high-tech laboratory equipment, particularly Nextseq and Miniseq machines, would be well-suited to compete for similar tenders. The procurement process for this contract has already been completed, with Illumina Cambridge Ltd securing the contract to provide essential services to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology in Wales.

## Notice

Service and maintenance of equipment used by the Pathogen Genomics Unit (PenGU) to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Three year fixed service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq are required by PenGU in order to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales. Any equipment failures will add delays to the TAT and reduce resilience. The equipment can only be maintained by the Provider (Illumina Cambridge Ltd). They are the only supplier with the capability to maintain this equipment and the cost of repair, when out of contract, is significant.

### Procurement Information

This specialist equipment that can only be maintained by the Provider (Illumina Cambridge Ltd). The cost of repair, when out of contract, is significant.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=139902 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract 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 | 14 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £273,708 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | PUBLIC HEALTH WALES |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF10 4BZ |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Butetown |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth |
| Delivery location | TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

## Release History

- 14 May 2024 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=139902
- 2 Apr 2024 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=139902

## Documents

- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR473163
  Service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq - Service and maintenance of equipment used by the Pathogen Genomics Unit (PenGU) to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales.
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY477713
  Service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq - Service and maintenance of equipment used by the Pathogen Genomics Unit (PenGU) to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales.

## Notice URLs

- http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
- https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-139902

## Provenance

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