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title: "Peptide Synthesiser"
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buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH"
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# Peptide Synthesiser

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000819211

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## Summary

See notice for full details.

## Notice

The Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR) is a research institute based at the University of Edinburgh, with scientists and clinicians studying tissue regeneration and repair to advance human health and reproductive outcomes. The Institute incorporates three leading research centres with a focus on regenerative medicine, inflammation and reproductive health. The Tissue Culture facility has identified a system, which is an automated microwave peptide synthesiser, to replace the current peptide synthesiser, which is 7 years old and is no longer manufactured by the manufacturer. This upgrade will enable reaction time savings, allowing researchers to queue samples and have more hands-off time, while also reducing solvent waste production.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR) is a research institute based at the University of Edinburgh, with scientists and clinicians studying tissue regeneration and repair to advance human health and reproductive outcomes. The Institute incorporates three leading research centres with a focus on regenerative medicine, inflammation and reproductive health. The Tissue Culture facility has identified a system, which is an automated microwave peptide synthesiser, to replace the current peptide synthesiser, which is 7 years old and is no longer manufactured by the manufacturer. This upgrade will enable reaction time savings, allowing researchers to queue samples and have more hands-off time, while also reducing solvent waste production.

Options: Only the initial 113,655.44 GBP will be spent to purchase the equipment; the first annual service payment, should this be exercised, will be 10,071.90 GBP, on the 12-month anniversary of the equipment's installation. The Contract Award Notice will also call out the additional option to extend the warranty by 4 x 12 months.

### Procurement Information

The instrument is the only one of its kind that enables a true no-wash methodology using pyrrolidine as the base, eliminating the use of Dimethylformamide (DMF) in peptide synthesis. With the upcoming EU regulatory changes, and the anticipated restriction of DMF in the UK, this capability provides a significant and distinguishing advantage, offering a fully wash-free synthetic process. The proposed procurement route is a Non-Competitive Action (NCA). Continuity of the manufacturer is essential to the end users in order to maintain consistency, reliability and comparability of research outputs. Any change in supplier would introduce variability and risk of disrupting ongoing research programmes. Additional benefits that are unique to the equipment are; It uniquely features the capability to synthesise up to 24 peptides sequentially. This allows full individual control and monitoring of each peptide, as opposed to handling a batch of 24 simultaneously. This enables the facilities to produce multiple peptides efficiently, while the system offers more hands-off time and can queue multiple peptides for production. Sequential production also allows the facility to identify and resolve problems within the synthesis more rapidly, which would not be possible with parallel production methods. It is the only synthesiser on the market equipped with external, non-pressurised bottles and pump-based reagent addition, offering greater precision, enhanced control, and flexibility in reagent volumes with bottle sizes of effectively unlimited capacity. This is an across-the-board improvement for the facilities. Pump-based addition provides greater accuracy and reproducibility at small scales and gets around challenges of flow rate and viscosity at large scales. Being able to use a broader range of bottle sizes and volumes also minimises wastage of reagents and minimises waste production. It will also likely reduce compressed nitrogen usage. It is the only instrument that utilises microwave-assisted synthesis for up to 24 peptides at a time, providing enhanced efficiency and performance. Microwave synthesis is essential in modern systems; it's the only way to accelerate the synthesis of peptides efficiently. CEM's wash-free synthesis is an advantage that only CEM have, combined with microwave heating, enabling peptide production in a fraction of the current time.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC546126 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract 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 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £153,943 |

## 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 | CEM MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 37 - Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

### Codes

- 37315100 - Synthesisers

## Release History

- 19 Dec 2025 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC546126

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC546126
  Peptide Synthesiser - The Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR) is a research institute based at the University of Edinburgh, with scientists and clinicians studying tissue regeneration and repair to advance human health and reproductive outcomes. The Institute incorporates three leading research centres with a focus on regenerative medicine, inflammation and reproductive health. The Tissue Culture facility has identified a system, which is an automated microwave peptide synthesiser, to replace the current peptide synthesiser, which is 7 years old and is no longer manufactured by the manufacturer. This upgrade will enable reaction time savings, allowing researchers to queue samples and have more hands-off time, while also reducing solvent waste production.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.ed.ac.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000819211

## Provenance

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