Novel benchtop sequencing platform

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£290,640published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Element Biosciences

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The genetics core team wishes to trial a novel bench-top sequencing platform which can scan low diversity libraries with high quality (Q30>90%; Q40>90%), a low PhiX spike, providing 2B reads per run at low cost of purchase and low cost per run (<5 GBP/Gb) and the ability to operate on small and large scale reading projects. On the basis of market analysis it is believed competition is absent for technical reasons and the awarded supplier may offer the only current ‘out of the box’ single device which fulfils this specification within the project budget. A ten day stand-still period will be observed should an economic operator who has not been identified in the market engagement wish to challenge the award, at which point the Authority may at its sole option cancel the award.

CPV: Biomedical equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Scotland · Edinburgh

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: 13 Mar 2025, 16:43 GMT
Last source update: 13 Mar 2025, 16:43 GMT
Authority reference: NCA31101
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-009318
Classification (CPV): Biomedical equipment
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ed00 Find 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: On the basis of market analysis it is believed competition is absent for technical reasons and the awarded supplier may offer the only current ‘out of the box’ single device which fulfils this specification. A ten day stand-still period will be observed should an economic operator who has not been identified in the market engagement wish to challenge the award, at which point the Authority may at its sole option cancel the award.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:793209)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £290,6401 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Element BiosciencesSME	£290,640 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 009318-2025-UOE1543377-1 · Element BiosciencesSME
Signed
13 Mar 2025
Value
£290,640
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

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Element BiosciencesAwarded supplier Keizersgracht 391 A, Amsterdam, NL329, 1016EJContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.