Official UK procurement notice
DA0192 Falcon Upgrade · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe FALCON module enables Protein – Protein association studies. This is important for HGU and IGC work as it enables researchers to see where molecules are binding within a cell, organoid or model organism. There isn’t another IGC piece of equipment which can do this work. The studies are live so travel to the closest working system in Dundee Is very challenging. This is an upgrade to an existing piece of equipment already installed within the university.
CPV: Molecular microscopes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Leica Stellaris was originally purchased in 2021 from the funding the MRC received…Awarded
The Leica Stellaris was originally purchased in 2021 from the funding the MRC received to boost medical research during the Covid Period.
The decision making at that point had to be very quick as the funding was on a short turn around. Emerging research, particularly since the QQR has identified a need for an upgrade which would enable ‘F-techniques’ such as FRET and FLIM for association studies.
The Stellaris is much more sensitive and fast than other similar AIR confocals. Which is likely why at the time of initial purchase there was no research ask for this work. However as users have discovered what the instrument is capable of they now want to make use of its extended functionality.
The increase in usage of the current confocal has highlighted that an increase in functionality will increase its chargeable core working time, this increase in functionality will come from the proposed upgrade with the addition of the falcon module
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
- 31 Aug 2023, 10:11 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Aug 2023, 10:11 BST
- Authority reference
DA0192- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-025558- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f850Find 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
The MaxCyte ExPERT GTx is the only instrument available on the market that can perform transfection of human cells at a scale compatible with large-scale genome engineering applications: up to 20 billion cells per experiment.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:743321)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leica Microsystems (UK) Ltd | £121,023 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025558-2023-DA0192-1 · Leica Microsystems (UK) Ltd
- Signed
- 11 Aug 2023
- Value
- £121,023
- 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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Leica Microsystems (UK) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.