Official UK procurement notice
Award of contract for spatial sequencing platform - University of Aberdeen
Authority: University of Aberdeen (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward of contract for Spatial Sequencing Platform without prior call for competition.
CPV: Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Award of contract for spatial sequencing equipment without seeking offers through a…Awarded
Award of contract for spatial sequencing equipment without seeking offers through a formal procurement procedure as competition is absent for technical reasons. Under clause 33 (1)(b)(ii) of the legislation, a contracting authority may award a contract without competition (only where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of artificial narrowing down of parameters of the procurement). In this case, the grounds for not exposing to competition are as follows:
The equipment provided by the supplier is the only one which can meet the research requirements and is the only instrument on the market capable of:
Spatially resolving both protein and RNA targets, in FFPE and Fresh Frozen tissues, and using the same chemistry and workflow (in-situ, oligo-barcodes which are photocleaved from the target transcript).
Capacity to perform the above in a manner non-destructive to the tissue, enabling the use of precious samples for follow-on experiments.
Capacity work with Tissue Microarray (TMA) Format which is required for a pilot study to spatially profile distinct tissue regions (GFAP, NeuN, Iba1) from 96 patient brain tissues on just one slide.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Sept 2023, 12:29 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2023, 12:29 BST
- Authority reference
AU23/28- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027478- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040193Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Award of contract without seeking offers through a formal procurement procedure as competition is absent for technical reasons. Under clause 33 (1)(b)(ii) of the legislation, a contracting authority may award a contract without competition (only where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of artificial narrowing down of parameters of the procurement).In this case, the grounds for not exposing to competition are as follows:
Publisher note: (SC Ref:745022)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NanoString TechnologiesSME | £610,839 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027478-2023-AU23/28-1 · NanoString TechnologiesSME
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2023
- Value
- £610,839
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NanoString TechnologiesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.