Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of Digital PCR (dPCR) System for Haemoto-oncology Assays
Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
The Cambridge Genomics Lab provides a comprehensive range of genomic testing for patients with haematological malignancies (haem-onc), with solid cancer, and with rare disease. In the haem-onc setting, we currently utilise a range of molecular techniques including Next-generation sequencing, quantitative PCR, and fragment analysis to identify and monitor clinically significant genomic alterations.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Cambridge Genomics Lab provides a comprehensive range of genomic testing for patients with haematological malignancies (haem-onc), with solid cancer, and with rare disease. In the haem-onc setting, we currently utilise a range of molecular techniques including Next-generation sequencing, quantitative PCR, and fragment analysis to identify and monitor clinically significant genomic alterations. However, there is an increasing requirement for high sensitivity, quantitative molecular testing both to support diagnosis and for disease monitoring / assessment of therapeutic response.
We are therefore looking to procure a Digital / Digital Droplet (dPCR / ddPCR) system to complement the laboratory’s existing molecular testing capabilities. This would also intend to facilitate the consolidation of multiple existing assays and methodologies onto a single technology platform.
CPV: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust buys Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment (CPV 3895), and who usually turns up
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1 bid67%
2–333%
4–60%
7+0%
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Below estimate38%
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Above estimate38%
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Lot #1CPV 3895Published estimate£270k
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1 bid26%
2–347%
4–616%
7+11%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Leica Microsystems (UK) LtdLive contract | Supply, Installation, Validation, Verification and Post-Warranty Maintenance of Ultramicrotomeruns to Mar 2033 | — | £159k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:23 GMT
- Authority reference
ADD/PU/EW/26/22- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105144- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b3e7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Nov 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published2 days ago5 Nov 2026, 12:23 GMT
- Today7 Nov 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 13 days20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 113 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Nov 2026, 12:23 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender