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# QUB/2469/23  Contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Consumables for Spatial Transcriptomic Equipment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2469-23-contract-for-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-maintenance-and-consum-ocds-h6vhtk-0416e6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Queens University Belfast: "QUB/2469/23  Contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Consumables for Spatial Transcriptomic Equipment". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Dec 2023, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Queens University Belfast](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/queens-university-belfast-GB-FTS-149012)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 December 2023 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Biomedical equipment, Medical equipments
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0416e6`

## Before you bid
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- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2469-23-contract-for-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-maintenance-and-consum-ocds-h6vhtk-0416e6#tl-md)

## Description
The Genomics Core Technology Unit (GCTU) at QUB aims to broaden its current single-cell services with new spatial transcriptomic service capacity. The GCTU wishes to purchase single molecule in situ hybridisation spatial equipment with subcellular RNA transcript detection capability across whole tissue sections and/or tissue microarrays (TMAs). This piece of equipment should be flexible and offer targeted panels with ability to target custom transcripts as required. This instrument will be embedded alongside our current genomic service offerings to provide QUB researchers and the local research ecosystem with access to cutting-edge spatial technologies.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33100000, 38434540
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** The Genomics Core Technology Unit (GCTU) at QUB aims to broaden its current single-cell services with new spatial transcriptomic service capacity. The GCTU wishes to purchase single molecule in situ hybridisation spatial equipment with subcellular RN...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Consumables for Spatial Transcriptomic Equipment. (active)
  - Award id: `004268-2024-QUB/2469/23-1`
  - Supplier(s): **10X Genomics**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104714`
  - Value: £2,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Consumables for Spatial Transcriptomic Equipment. (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,500,000
  - Signed Date: 08/12/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004268-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-08T15:13:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T08:13:37.442Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0416e6