Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Storage Services for Genomic Nucleic Acids and fibroblast cells.
Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority requires a storage solution for existing Nucleic Acid samples, alongside new nucleic samples, requiring storage from 1st April 2025
When confirmed by the Authority in alignment with RCPath guidance, any samples older than 30 years will require safe and confidential disposal with confirmation in the form of an inventory list along with the method of disposal and date. There are about 5,000 vials s from 1995 which would require disposal in January 2026.
Additional to the capacity requirement to store current samples, there is a requirement to store any subsequent years’ samples where there is not capacity in the Authority laboratory to store long term.
- Recurrence: 3 or 5 years
CPV: Laboratory services · Storage and retrieval services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Authority requires a storage solution for existing Nucleic Acid samples, alongside…Renewal
The Authority requires a storage solution for existing Nucleic Acid samples, alongside new nucleic samples, requiring storage from 1st April 2025
When confirmed by the Authority in alignment with RCPath guidance, any samples older than 30 years will require safe and confidential disposal with confirmation in the form of an inventory list along with the method of disposal and date. There are about 5,000 vials s from 1995 which would require disposal in January 2026.
Additional to the capacity requirement to store current samples, there is a requirement to store any subsequent years’ samples where there is not capacity in the Authority laboratory to store long term.
The sample numbers are as follows, with the expectation any subsequent years will increase in the region of 25% annually
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- Suitability
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- Economic & financial standing
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 3 or 5 years
- First published
- 14 Jan 2025, 14:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2025, 14:59 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ADD/PU/SM/24/29- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001209- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
14 Jan 2025 → 14 Feb 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published14 Jan 2025, 14:59 GMT
- Submission deadline14 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.