Automated Liquid Handling System (for handling liquid samples from multiple tube sizes for DNA extraction preparation and quantification)

Authority: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Direct awardSME suitable

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£268,818published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill 17 Oct 2025no call for competition

Award (standstill) to Hamilton Sales & Service UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of an automated liquid handling system (Integrated Decapper with Benching). The system automates precise liquid dispensing, sample handling, and tube decapping processes, improving accuracy, throughput, and reproducibility in genomic laboratory workflows.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Eligibility: SME eligible

38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Oct 2025, 16:57 BST
Last source update: 17 Oct 2025, 22:04 BST
Authority reference: 6025/26
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-066524
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05cf40 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Switching Direct Award
Published justification: The Hamilton STAR 8 × 1 ml Integrated Hamilton Decapper with Benching (AMR) 2025 (Cat. No. 14106451) is a highly specialised automated liquid handling and decapping system, with a very limited number of suppliers capable of providing validated and compatible equipment

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

17 Oct 2025 → 28 Oct 2025 · 2 dates

Notice published373 days ago
17 Oct 2025, 22:04 BST
Standstill ends362 days ago
28 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Oct 2025

Transparency notice published
17 Oct 2025, 16:57 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
17 Oct 2025, 22:04 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £268,8181 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Hamilton Sales & Service UK LtdSMEAutomated Liquid Handling System1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026	£268,818	17 Oct 2025standstill to 28 Oct 2025	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PPYL-1513-MZZL Great Ormond Street, London, London, WC1N 3JHContact name, email

Other public bodies

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustProcuring entityEnsure the purchase of this equipment is compliant with the public procurement regulationGB-PPON: PDZC-6438-DGPX London, LondonContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

HAMILTON SALES & SERVICE UK LTDAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PZXC-1937-DMVH Unit 1 Forge Mills Park Station Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 1JHContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender17 Oct 2025, 22:04 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender17 Oct 2025, 16:57 BST