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title: "Luminex"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000761943"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH"
published: "2024-03-25"
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# Luminex

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000761943

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## Summary

The University Of Edinburgh has awarded a contract titled "Luminex" for goods to Fisher Scientific. The procurement process was completed on 25th March 2024. The University Of Edinburgh, based in Edinburgh, UK, initiated this tender. The procurement method was an open procedure, and the procurement stage is complete. The contract value is £70,000 GBP, with a contract award date of 16th February 2024. The industry category is education (COFOG code: 09).

The awarded tender for Luminex equipment by the University Of Edinburgh to Fisher Scientific presents a growth opportunity for large-scale suppliers in the life sciences industry. Businesses with expertise in supplying state-of-the-art biomarker discovery technology would be well-suited to compete in this procurement. This tender emphasises the University's commitment to enhancing research facilities for over 1500 researchers, further expanding its customer base post-relocation to a larger bespoke building in the Institute of Regeneration and Research.

## Notice

The existing Luminex machine has a wide customer base since it is sited within the Biomolecular core facility (BMC) and is accessible to internal and external customers via an online booking system PPMS, we have a customer base of more than 1500 researchers. This will increase following our recent move into the Institute of Regeneration and Research (IRR), a larger bespoke building that accommodates 1000 staff and students. The new upgraded machine will operate to the same high standards, with dedicated support from the BMC offered to users on the operation of the machine and the design and running of assays. Previously, the BMC have investigated human and mouse serum and plasma, human cerebra-spinal fluid, mouse tissue samples etc. This illustrates the wide scope of protein detection capabilities of the system and its versatility especially with very small sample volumes that are unsuitable for protein detection using existing more labour-intensive methods for instance Western blotting which requires 20 micrograms of protein per lane and the associated detection problems with transferring to membranes, protein losses and antibody detection.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Luminex technology is state-of-the-art biomarker discovery geared to detect a large number of biomarkers analytes within a small sample size. Analytes are biomarkers of different disease states, and this upgrade would allow users to run 96 and 384 well plates. The DRSE new system makes it possible to multiplex up to 500 analytes through the combination of differentially dyed fluorescent microsphere sets & an innovative instrument design with two detection channels. The RUO system is identical to the DRSE but has only one detection channel. Luminex technology allows the incubation of fluorescently marked beads conjugated to an antibody of choice with a sample using the same underlying principles as Enzyme Linked Immunoassay detection (ELISA). Luminex sample sizes are much reduced, when compared to ELISA, up to x 10 less, incubation times are also reduced and the beads bound to the target protein are detected and counted using the DRSE or RUO.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR501653 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Feb 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 | £70,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| 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 | FISHER SCIENTIFIC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 38512200 - Molecular microscopes

## Release History

- 25 Mar 2024 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR501653

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR501653
  Luminex - The existing Luminex machine has a wide customer base since it is sited within the Biomolecular core facility (BMC) and is accessible to internal and external customers via an online booking system PPMS, we have a customer base of more than 1500 researchers. This will increase following our recent move into the Institute of Regeneration and Research (IRR), a larger bespoke building that accommodates 1000 staff and students. The new upgraded machine will operate to the same high standards, with dedicated support from the BMC offered to users on the operation of the machine and the design and running of assays. Previously, the BMC have investigated human and mouse serum and plasma, human cerebra-spinal fluid, mouse tissue samples etc. This illustrates the wide scope of protein detection capabilities of the system and its versatility especially with very small sample volumes that are unsuitable for protein detection using existing more labour-intensive methods for instance Western blotting which requires 20 micrograms of protein per lane and the associated detection problems with transferring to membranes, protein losses and antibody detection.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000761943
- https://www.ed.ac.uk

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