Genetics MassArray consumables · UK public procurement notice

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Awarded value£528,410published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Agena Bioscience GmbH

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supply of reagents & associated consumables for use on the Agena MassARRAY4 instrument

CPV: Laboratory reagents

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1

Delivery: North East

From the official record

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 5 Mar 2025, 11:34 GMT
Last source update: 5 Mar 2025, 11:34 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-008011
Classification (CPV): Laboratory reagents
Delivery area: North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e9b7 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The instrument Genetics have is the MassARRAY4 from Agena Bioscience. It is the only mass spectrometer instrument that is able to utilise the difference in mass between each of the bases which form DNA . This allows us to rapidly detect changes in patients DNA which may affect cancer treatments. We used end point PCR to amplify regions of DNA before using a single base extension method to detect the single base changes in DNA. This instrument differs to the traditional Mass spec systems used in microbiology which enable the detection of micro-organisms dependant on their mass. We therefore require the instrument and the reagents for use in order to maintain our rapid clinical delivery of results. Only Agena reagents & consumables can be used with this instrument. The UKHSA National Microbiology Framework was used for this procurement, which allows for direct award.

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Awards 1

Awarded value £528,4101 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Agena Bioscience GmbH	£528,410 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008011-2025-1 · Agena Bioscience GmbH
Signed
31 Jan 2025
Value
£528,410
Status
active

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Regent Point, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, North East, NE7 7DNContact name, email

1 commercial party on the notice

Agena Bioscience GmbHAwarded supplierHRB57315 Gasstrasse 18 | Haus 5 | 22761 Hamburg, Hamburg, DE5, 22761Contact phone

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