Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Northumbria at Newcastle · University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- Supplier
- Illumina Cambridge Ltd
- Value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Biochemical analysers (CPV 38434500)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 031102-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 May 2025
- Published9 Jun 2025Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
Northumbria University's Biosciences department has a range of sequencing instruments used to determine the order of nucleotides (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA or RNA sequence, providing insights into an organism's genetic makeup and function. In addition to existing NovaSeq and MiSeq platforms, University has procured the latest of the MiSeq system MiSeq i100 plus, which has 4 times the capacity of the MiSeq systems University currently hold and has a new chemistry based on its latest XLeap technology. The University is looking to enter into a multiyear agreement to secure a commercially attractive and efficient way to procure the consumables for the above listed devices.
About the supplier
Illumina Cambridge Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03625145).