Service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq

A Contract Award Notice
by PUBLIC HEALTH WALES

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: not specified
Value: £274K

Sector: HEALTH
Published: 14 May 2024
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Cardiff

Geochart for 2 buyers and 1 suppliers

2 buyers

Public Health Wales Cardiff

1 supplier

Illumina Cambridge Nr Saffron Walden

Description

Service and maintenance of equipment used by the Pathogen Genomics Unit (PenGU) to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales.

Total Quantity or Scope

Three year fixed service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq are required by PenGU in order to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales. Any equipment failures will add delays to the TAT and reduce resilience. The equipment can only be maintained by the Provider (Illumina Cambridge Ltd). They are the only supplier with the capability to maintain this equipment and the cost of repair, when out of contract, is significant.

Award Detail

1	Illumina Cambridge (Nr Saffron Walden) Num offers: 1 Value: £273,708 Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

Technical	100.0
PRICE	_

CPV Codes

50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

Indicators

Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

This specialist equipment that can only be maintained by the Provider (Illumina Cambridge Ltd). The cost of repair, when out of contract, is significant.