Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Hamilton Sales & Service UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 013588-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Mar 2025
- Published8 Apr 2025Published 36 days after the contract date
Description
Additional requirements include; - The platform should be high throughput with flexibility in batch sizes for efficient use. These should range from a single sample to maximum batch size. - The system must allow the use of a variety of tube types in which the extracted DNA can be collected or eluted into, in particular 2ml screw-cap tubes and 2D barcoded tubes (e.g. fluidX 0.7ml tubes). - Cross-contamination of samples during automated processing must be shown to be absent - The system must incorporate barcode scanning and be able to record the barcode labels of both primary tubes and DNA output tubes in a log or database. - The system must be able to use barcoding data to match the input tube with the output tube and complete elution of DNA according to this information. - The system must be capable of automating extraction procedure to a level where 'walkaway' operation is facilitated - The system must be capable of sampling from the primary tube starting material (blood)-avoiding t…
About the supplier
Hamilton Sales & Service UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00218820).