Official UK procurement notice
Imaging-based Spatial Multiomics Platform
Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe supply & delivery of a spatial-omics system used to identify and quantitate RNA and proteins within biological samples.
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
This notice relates to the proposed award of contract for the supply of a spatial-omics system used to identify and quantitate RNA and proteins within biological samples. The system will be used within the Centre for Inflammation Research to enable the furthering of current research into a huge range of inflammatory diseases and cancers, how they develop, and how they might be targeted with new treatments.
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
- 7 Dec 2022, 14:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jan 2023, 11:04 GMT
- Authority reference
NCA30999- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-001977- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038b72Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The system is being procured following the award of grant funding the terms of which required the products to be officially market-released at the time of the application. Having engaged with the market for these systems, it was confirmed that there was only one supplier capable of supplying the required product to support this research within the timescales available. That being the case, the Authority considers there to be sufficient grounds to award this contract to the supplier detailed on this notice.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:719920)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akoya Biosciences, Inc | £446,733 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Akoya Biosciences, Inc | £446,733 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001977-2023-NCA30999-1 · Akoya Biosciences, Inc
- Signed
- 20 Dec 2022
- Value
- £446,733
- Status
- active
Contract 034644-2022-NCA30999-1 · Akoya Biosciences, Inc
- Signed
- 7 Dec 2022
- Value
- £446,733
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Akoya Biosciences, Inc.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.