Supply, Delivery and Installation of Automated Dissolution System for CMAC

Concepts

• automation system
• glasgow
• cmac
• automated dissolution system
• the continuous manufacturing and advanced crystallisation (cmac) hub
• an automated dissolution system
• system
• automated
• dissolution
• extensive research programme

Location

Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation (CMAC)

Description

This Voluntary Ex- Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice relates to the contract for the supply, delivery and installation of an automated dissolution system for the Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation (CMAC) Hub. The contract duration is 54 months, inclusive of an anticipated 4-6 months lead time, 12 months warranty and 3 year servicing provision.

Total Quantity or Scope

This contract shall be entered into with Sotax Ltd. It is a contract for supply of a fully automated system to support Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation (CMAC) Hub extensive research programme and partnerships with industrial pharmaceutical partners, as an internationally leading research centre. The contract is subject to commence on 22nd December (subject to final agreement).

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the Successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option.

CPV Codes

• 48921000 - Automation system

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

The University, on behalf of the Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation hub, are seeking a contract with Sotax Ltd to provide a fully automated dissolution system. The dissolution system will be used by CMAC solely for research purposes and will not be used to establish commercial viability or recover research and development costs. Sotax offer a dissolution system that can perform multiple 100% unattended dissolution runs including media preparation, vacuum de-gassing, gravimetric vessel filling, multiple sample additions, sampling (resident probe and auto-lift), in vessel temperature monitoring, filtration, fast media change in line with USP requirements whilst running a test and self-cleaning. The system also makes it possible to obtain results in real-time with integrated spectroscopy (e.g UV-VIS) and collect samples offline for different analutical techniques such as HPLC. This allows CMAC, as an internationally leading research centre, to add to its dissolution testing capability with the addition of a fully automated system. Dissolution is a key part of CMAC's overall analytical capability, supporting CMAC's extensive research programme and partnerships with Tier 1 (industrial pharmaceutical) partners. As a result of the aforementioned provisions, the University shall award the contract for Supply, Delivery and Installation of Automated Dissolution System to Sotax Ltd and this notice of the University's intention to do so.

Other Information

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