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Cardiff University Ancient DNA Lab Cleanroom

Details

Topic
Installation works of cleanrooms
Published
7 December 2023
Submission
4 January 2024

Tender description

The Cardiff University Ancient DNA (CUAD) laboratory will be a positive pressure cleanroom, for molecular lab work (DNA extraction and library building). The laboratory will be a bespoke construction that will constitute a initial entrance into a gowning room, which will be connected to one room for raw sample processing (“preparation room”), and one room for molecular lab work (“main lab space”). This laboratory will be furnished with equipment to carry out these techniques using state of the art protocols, that Cardiff University will install separately. The main lab and preparation room are to be fitted with HEPA filters, to provide ISO8 to these rooms and a positive pressure that flows into the gowning area. Integrated LED Lighting, trunking with power sockets, flooring provided and installed as a part of the build, a control panel to monitor room status, and sliding doors. The cleanroom must be delivered within 8 weeks of us signing the contract, and installed and ISO tested within a further 4 weeks.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published7 December 2023
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date4 January 2024

About the buyer

Cardiff University is a higher education buyer based in the Welsh capital, and it advertises larger contract opportunities through the Sell2Wales portal. Current tender notices for the University are also published on InTend and the Tenders Electronic Daily service. Suppliers working with the University must hold a valid purchase order in place before any goods are delivered or any work begins. Purchase card payment covers smaller transactions instead of a formal purchase order. Every procurement at the University is run for value for money alongside environmental, social and governance impact across the whole life of the contract.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of Cardiff University's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 45214631 · Installation works of cleanrooms
  • 51430000 · Installation services of laboratory equipment

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