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Published 28 Feb 2023, 11:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

High Throughput Sequencer · UK public procurement notice

Authority: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Gambia (GM)

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Awarded 28 Feb 2023no call for competition

Awarded to ISN Products (Nig.) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The MRC Unit the Gambia at LSHTM intends to purchase an Illumina Novaseq 6000 sequencing system including delivery (to the Gambia), installation, validation and training. The high throughput sequencer is capable of sequencing very large genomes. Also included is Illumina Dragen Server and Licence.

CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Medical equipments

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1High Throughput DNA Sequencer - Illumina Novaseq 6000 system and Dragen Server Software

High Throughput DNA Sequencer - Illumina Novaseq 6000 system and Dragen Server Software.

System specifications

Output range: 80-6000Gb

Paired end reads per run: 1.6B - 40B

Maximum read length: 2 x 250bp

Run time: 13 – 44 hours

Flow cell type: SP, S1, S2, S4

Reads passing filter per flow cell: Single-end reads upto 8-10B and paired-end reads 16-20B

Quality scores: between 75 to greater than 90% bases higher than Q30

Instrument Specifications

Instrument configuration

Computer and touch screen display

Installation setup and accessories

Data collection and analysis software

Instrument control computer

Base unit: Portwell WADE-8022 with Intel i7 4700EQ CPU

Memory: 2 x 8 GB DDR3L SODIMM

Hard Drive: None

Solid-State Drive: 256GB mSATA

Operating system: Windows 10 or higher

Laser

Wavelengths: 532nm, 660nm, 780nm, 790nm

Power requirements

200-240 VAC 50/60Hz, 16A, single phase, 2500 W

Network connection

Dedicated 1 Gb connection between the instrument and data management system.

Bandwidth for network connection

200 Mb/s/instrument for internal network uploads

200 Mb/s/instrument for cloud base uploads

5Mb/s/instrument for instrument operational Data uploads

Delivery listed: Gambia (GM) · Alantic Boulevard, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia

33100000 Medical equipments

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: 28 Feb 2023, 11:24 GMT
Last source update: 28 Feb 2023, 11:24 GMT
Authority reference: LSHTM-2023-18
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-005792
Classification (CPV): Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)Medical equipments
Delivery area: Gambia (GM)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03acb2 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: LSHTM believes that the technical requirements of the high throughput next generation sequencing platform can only be met by one known supplier. There are no other competing systems on the market with anything approaching this capacity.
The instrument performs whole genome sequencing efficiently and cost effectively. In addition to whole genome sequencing, it can be used for a variety of other applications including but not limited to methylation sequencing, population studies, De novo sequencing, gene expression profiling, metagenomics etc.
The instrument has a scalable throughput for dynamic study sizes with an output range of 6TB to 20B reads in less than 2 days. It is able to sequence deeply for clear answers to research questions.
The flexibility of the instrument allows users to mix and match flow cell types as well as choose between multiple read lengths, workflows and many more. The different DRAGEN pipelines are able to analyse generated data within a very short period of time thereby helping with the data analysis bottleneck and lack of bioinformaticians.
The NovaSeq 6000 System combines unmatched system output with rapid run times to deliver the highest daily throughput of any NGS system currently available.
ISN Products (Nig.) Ltd are the approved distributor for Illumina products in the region (Gambia).

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Any review must be notified to the contracting authority in accordance with VEAT timescales

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Feb 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
ISN Products (Nig.) LtdSME	US$917,617 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 005792-2023-1 · ISN Products (Nig.) LtdSME
Signed
28 Feb 2023
Value
US$917,617
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawHealth RC000330 Keppel Street,, London, London, WC1E 7HTContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

ISN Products (Nig.) LtdAwarded supplier 40-42 Association Avenue, Ilupeju, Lagos, NGContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.