Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of SyncroPatch 384
Authority: Cardiff University (Education)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Wales (UKL22)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Nanion Technologies GmbH
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Medical Discovery Institute have been allocated funding to purchase the Nanion SyncroPatch 384 to enhance their research capabilities.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Mar 2025, 12:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2025, 12:32 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011313- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f8e6Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
MDI require 384-well automated patch-clamping with the following features:
- Ability to patch in fluoride free solutions. This is critical as the channels we work on are affected by fluoride.
- The ability to patch lysosomes. This is critical as we are investigating lysosomal channels and need to be able to patch them in their native membrane environment.
- The ability to perfuse internal solutions during measurements. Critical to characterising channel function.
- Is compatible with our existing Nanion port-a-patch and Patchliner devices to ensure consistency and allow protocols to be transferred between devices.
- The ability to change to protocol on the fly for assay development.
This equipment must adhere to the above criteria (including compatibility with existing equipment). Alternatives have been researched, however have been deemed incompatible. The only other high throughput electrophysiology system available is noted to be incompatible with MDI requirements.
In addition to this, the supplier has a patent relating to the equipment, this being EP 1 775 586 81.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 26 Mar 2025- Transparency notice published26 Mar 2025, 12:32 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected7 Apr 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanion Technologies GmbH8 Apr 2025 – 30 Apr 2025 | €688,500 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nanion Technologies GmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender