Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Medicines Discovery Catapult
Block 35, Mereside, Alderley Park
Cheshire
SK10 4ZF
Contact
Ms Laura Hough
laura.hough@md.catapult.org.uk
Telephone
+44 1625708394
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD62 - Cheshire East
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Research - Medical
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Research - Medical
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
The Supply, Delivery and Maintenance of a Illumina NextSeq 1000 Sequencing System and Associated Consumables
Reference number
DN578493
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The Supply, Delivery and Maintenance of a Illumina NextSeq 1000 Sequencing System and Associated Consumables.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £300,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD62 - Cheshire East
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Supply, Delivery and Maintenance of a Illumina NextSeq 1000 Sequencing System and Associated Consumables to the Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd.
The Illumina NextSeq 1000 Sequencing System is an integrated system for automated generation of DNA clonal clusters by bridge amplification, sequencing, primary analysis, and secondary analysis. The system includes embedded touchscreen monitor and on-instrument computer, control software, hardware accelerated analysis pipelines. The contract includes delivery, installation, maintenance and training. The associated consumables are also included in the scope of this contract.
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Illumina sequencer for GeoMx is required by the Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd (MDC) as it forms part of the GeoMx workflow for whole spatial transcriptome analysis.
Illumina sequencer for GeoMx is required, there is no competition and competition is absent for technical reasons as the Illumina sequencer for GeoMx is the only instrument which has access to Illumina adapters within the nanostring reagents. Nanostring have developed a workflow with Illumina where Illumina’s i5 and i7 sequences specifically add P5 and P7 sequences for binding to Illumina’s flow cell.
These sequences are part of the SeqCode that are for the library prep and there are no alternative sequences to obtain for analysis.
Furthermore, the software offers a selection of Illumina sequencers to choose from when finalizing the readout group (to be able to start sequencing) – this will create files that are tailored towards use on the respective Illumina platforms. Most of all, the sequences (FASTQ files) need to be processed in order to be made compatible with the GeoMx for import. The pipeline software is tailored to work with the Illumina output files (including Illumina’s index sequences) and cannot be used on sequences produced by any other system. Or you can directly process these files within Illumina’s BaseSpace environment.
The purchase of the equipment will enable a fully integrated workflow of the two systems.
The MDC will follow a 10 day standstill period ending on midnight on Friday 26th November 2021. Following the successful completion of the standstill period the MDC will award the contract to Illumina Cambridge Ltd.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16 November 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Essex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD62 - Cheshire East
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £300,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Medicines Discovery Catapult
Alderley Edge
Country
United Kingdom