Closed tender

Award of Provision of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Machine

Details

Value
£30,000
Topic
Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
Published
23 May 2025
Submission
13 June 2025

Tender description

USW requires a new Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Machine to replace an existing machine. USW mainly use it to quantify antimicrobial resistance genes from environmental samples; however, its scope may be expanded to include forensic applications. Samples are quantified alongside standards to get concentrations of ARGs. These are then used to work out gene copy numbers using external software

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published23 May 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date13 June 2025

About the buyer

University of South Wales is a higher education institution, buying through a dedicated team in its Finance department in Pontypridd. Lower-value notices below the EU thresholds go out through eTenderwales. Larger requirements are let as framework call-offs, covering library systems and campus facilities. The university buys collaboratively through the Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales, alongside universities across Wales. The Welsh HE Shared Services Project extends this collaboration across the wider sector.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of South Wales's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 38900000 · Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
  • 38950000 · Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment

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