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240000

Cytometers
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "240000". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 2 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCytometers
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02f169
What is being bought
Supply of Cytek Aurora Cytometer
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Supply and Set-up of Cytek Aurora Cytometer
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    28 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 28 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
FlowCEL Cytometric Engineering Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 28 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
highestValidBidValue: 240000 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 240000 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-FTS-33091
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  • Ministry of Defence
    buyer

    DSTL Porton Down, SALISBURY, UK
    ivhill@dstl.gov.uk

  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
    reviewBody

    SALISBURY

  • FlowCEL Cytometric Engineering Ltd
    supplier

    WITCHFORD, UK
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleRedundancy DSTL currently utilises a CyTek Aurora, which is a high specialised piece of equipment that works well. However when experiments are designed for this equipment and it breaks/malfunctions DSTL has no other system as capable to run those samples until the system is fixed. If that takes longer than expected then DSTL’s experimental samples may be ruined and not viable. Having a second system would mean DSTL can take those samples and run them on that system instead and therefore not lose the experimental data associated with that experiment. If DSTL were to purchase a different cytometer then it would not be possible to directly run the samples on this as 1. It may require a different setup 2. DSTL may not have the same technical specification to run those samples 3. DSTL may need to generate further controls for the experiment due to the different technical setups of the instruments (which may not be possible). Therefore having an identical machine from the same manufacturer is necessary for full redundancy of the capability. Scientific Rigour Machines from two different manufacturers are fundamentally not the same, they utilise different components and use different types of parts, detectors etc. This means that if DSTL starts an experiment on one system and it breaks then DSTL has a different system to run those samples on DSTL we cannot guarantee the data generated will be the same (assuming DSTL can run them on a different machine see redundancy comments). Having identical systems also means DSTL can run parallel studies with both machines and have data that will all be comparable as the system are the same spec work in the same way, utilise the same parts etc.