Fixed Bed Bioreactor · UK public procurement notice

CPV: Cytometers

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

16 Mar 2023, 12:39 GMT

Last source update

16 Mar 2023, 12:39 GMT

FTS notice number

2023/S 000-007680

Classification (CPV)

Cytometers

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

This one-off requirement, for a single fixed-bed bioreactor, for the production of viral vectors for advanced cell and gene therapies (using mammalian cell culture), had to be medium-scale, GMP-compatible, and had to be suitable for process development and GMP-compatible clinical manufacturing. The selected instrument had to provide a colonisable surface area for cell growth of 10-30m2 with working media volumes between one and up to four litres, and the possibility of integrated in-line harvest of the product.<br/><br/>Analysis of different suppliers’ instruments, made it clear that there is currently only one suitable instrument to fulfil the requirements of an intermediate-scale fixed-bed bioreactor, noting that the colonisable surface area or potential current competitor’s instruments were unfortunately either too small , or massively too large for the criteria outlined above.

• Univercells Technologies S AAwarded supplier Chemin de la Vieille Cour 56a and b 1400 Nivelles, Nivelles, BE

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