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Patchliner automated ePhys patch-clamping system

Imaging equipment for medical
dental and veterinary use
Wales (UKL22)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Cardiff University: "Patchliner automated ePhys patch-clamping system". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityCardiff UniversityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Cardiff University. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
5Bids / Report
22.7% of reports have one bid
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Coverage: 121 active published awards; 119 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityCardiff University
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 May 2022, 09:20 BST
Last source update16 May 2022, 09:20 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationImaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use
Delivery area
Wales (UKL22)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-028d41
What is being bought
Patchliner automated ePhys patch-clamping system for characterisation of cell surface and intracellular ion channels
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    16 May 2022, 09:20 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    26 Jan 2021, 10:16 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    26 Jan 2021, 10:16 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    26 Jan 2021, 10:16 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Patchliner automated ePhys patch-clamping system for characterisation of cell surface and intracellular ion channels
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    16 May 2022, 09:20 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 25 Jan 2021, 00:00 GMT · €244,100
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Nanion Technologies GmbH
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
€244,100 · signed 25 Jan 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Cardiff University

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1902
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  • Cardiff University
    buyer

    Procurement Services, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road, Cardiff, UKL, CF24 0DE
    franklinsp@cf.ac.uk
    +44 2920879648

  • High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079477501

  • Nanion Technologies GmbH
    supplier

    Ganghoferstr. 70A, Muenchen, DE212, 80339
    +49 892190950
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Patchliner is a fully automated planar patch-clamping system with unparalleled versatility, compared to rival automated systems, and ease-of-use compared to conventional patch-clamping, which requires several months specialist training. This ease-of-use is the key attribute, as high quality electrophysiology data can be generated after just one training session, making the equipment realistically multi-user and allowing PhD or undergraduate students to perform otherwise complex ion channel electrophysiological recordings. The equipment will allow basic research into ion channel function, such as ion permeability, voltage dependency, and the effects of ligands and modulators on these, and ion channel directed drug discovery, by researchers who are not expert electrophysiologists. Planar patch-clamping systems utilise borosilicate glass chips with a micron size aperture, embedded in a microfluidic chamber, to take the place of pipettes in a conventional patch-clamping set up. Negative pressure attracts cells to the aperture, where a reliable seal is formed automatically with the cell, allowing recording of ion flux. We will use this equipment for 1) ion channel targeted drug discovery, 2) characterisation of differentiated stem cell models (e.g. neurons, cardiomyocytes), 3) phenotypic characterisation of ion channels, 4) characterisation of pore-forming toxin ion permeability, 5) ion flux in plant cells and 6) the impact of biomaterials and artificial amino acids on ion channel function.