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 Strathclyde · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Dynamic Biosensors GmbH
- Value
- £299,500
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Clinical chemistry system (CPV 33159000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 031593-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Jun 2025
- Published11 Jun 2025Published the same day
Description
The Contracting Authority has received funding to support a Glasgow-wide initiative that will enable users to measure the binding properties of molecules directly on live cells. The equipment will be suitable for a wide range of analyses for eukaryotic cell types and will be underpinned by support from dedicated research technical professionals within the Strathclyde Centre for Molecular Bioscience (University of Strathclyde) and the Integrated Protein Analysis Facility (University of Glasgow). The equipment will be part of the facility enabling the UK userbase integrated access to a breadth of bioanalytical and biophysical facilities to examine cellular binding interactions.
About the supplier
Dynamic Biosensors GmbH: every public contract they have won.