Awarded contract

17 x Class II safety cabs

Details

Value
£171,950.22
Topic
Laboratory centrifuges and accessories
Published
17 December 2024

Tender description

The Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Culture (TC) facility has requested and received funding to replace 17 x class II cabinets that are over 12 years old and beyond the manufacturer’s recommended lifespan of 10 years, some of which are beginning to show the start of an unrepairable, terminal faults. motor/switch mechanism. To keep the facility up to date and achieve parity with the TC facilities in the new Institute of Regeneration and Repair (IRR) building it requires an equipment upgrade Lot 1: The Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Culture (TC) facility has requested and received funding to replace 17 x class II cabinets that are over 12 years old and beyond the manufacturer’s recommended lifespan of 10 years, some of which are beginning to show the start of an unrepairable, terminal faults.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date11 December 2024
  2. Completed: Award published17 December 2024
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About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Larger tenders are advertised on Public Contract Scotland, via the PCS-T e-tendering platform. Suppliers must register separately on both systems before bidding. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. The Strategic Procurement team leads regulated sourcing, while Operational Procurement manages day-to-day purchase orders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 42931100 · Laboratory centrifuges and accessories

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