Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 8 Jan 2024, 10:19 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Elyra 7 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£795,179published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 21 Dec 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Carl Zeiss Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

With the recently developed Lattice SIM2 technology, there is a clear opportunity to broadly deploy SR at the new Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR) at the Edinburgh bioQuarter campus. Our ability to track dynamic cellular processes has been transformed by new tools and techniques that have emerged from genetics (CRISPR), stem cell biology (iPSCs and organoids), and synthetic biology (genetic circuits and reporters). These can be combined with super-resolution (SR) imaging capabilities to gain deep mechanistic insights into human disease mechanisms and support drug discovery (target validation).

We are therefore seeking support to purchase the Zeiss Lattice SIM2 SR microscope. This will open possibilities for many MRC funded research groups to routinely perform live cell super-resolution imaging across a range of physiological samples, scales and models.

CPV: Molecular microscopes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Zeiss Lattice SIM2 SR microscopeAwarded

Zeiss Lattice SIM2 SR microscope. This will open possibilities for many research groups to routinely perform live cell super-resolution imaging across a range of physiological samples, scales and models.

The procurement route taken is a direct award facilitated through APUC frameworks.

Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine have been a strategic priority for the UoE over the past two decades. Newly recruited faculty at all career stages have created a critical mass of PIs who have, and continue, to make seminal contributions to our understanding of fundamental biology and translation into new technologies, platforms and therapeutics. The new Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR) at the Edinburgh bioQuarter campus, brings together faculty from the former MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research and MRC Centre for Reproductive Health. Over the past decade these MRC Centres have created a wealth of novel stem cell-based models, genetically engineered derivative cell reporters, model organisms (development, regeneration/repair and cancer), as well as human tissue slice techniques, co-cultures

Delivery: Scotland

38512200 Molecular microscopes

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: 8 Jan 2024, 10:19 GMT
Last source update: 8 Jan 2024, 10:19 GMT
Authority reference: DA0237
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-000454
Classification (CPV): Molecular microscopes
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042b40 Find 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:754541)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £795,1791 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 21 Dec 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Carl Zeiss Ltd	£795,179 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 000454-2024-DA0237-1 · Carl Zeiss Ltd
Signed
21 Dec 2023
Value
£795,179
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

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Carl Zeiss LtdAwarded supplier 509 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, East of England, CB1 3JSContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.