Find a TenderPast planning noticePlanned procurement notice
Published 7 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

AF116- LSTM Sequencing Services Framework Agreement

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool School Of Tropical Medicine (Education)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£240,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 13 Mar 2025from the planned procurement notice
Lots 2see the lot list below
Contract term Varies by lotfirst lot 1 yr from 30 May 2025 · see each lot

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

LSTM requires Sequencing services for a variety of options which includes Next Generation, Third Generation & Sanger Sequencing services, LSTM invites bidders to join a framework agreement lasting up to 3 years.

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CPV: Research services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£300,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Next Generation & Third GenerationPlanned 1 yrPublished value£280,000

next and third generation sequencing services

Contract period: 30 May 2025 – 30 May 2026 (1 yr)Value: £280,000 exc. VAT · £280,000 inc. VAT
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    please see tender docs

  • Technical & professional ability

    please see tender docs

Lot #2SangerPlanned 1 yrPublished value£20,000

services for sanger sequencing

Contract period: 30 May 2025 – 29 May 2026 (1 yr)Value: £20,000 exc. VAT · £20,000 inc. VAT
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    see tender docs

  • Technical & professional ability

    see tender docs

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: 70%
  • Criterion 2: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: Long criteria description
  • Criterion 2: Long criteria description
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
Last source update
7 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 24 May 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008329
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Research services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ea73 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

see tender docs

Review and risk notes
Risks

see tender docs

How it was run

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
18 Apr 2025
Submission deadline
18 Apr 2025
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

7 Mar 2025 → 30 May 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    7 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    13 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    18 Apr 2025
  4. Award decision expected by
    24 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    30 May 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    7 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
    UK3

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool School Of Tropical Medicine

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDZC-7999-ZGYT Pembroke Place, Liverpool, North West, L3 5QAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure