Awarded contract

Source Bioscience Sequencing Services

Details

Value
£58,220
Topic
Laboratory services
Published
7 October 2025

Tender description

Sequencing services. Lot 1: The University of Edinburgh requires sequencing services for an ongoing project. Data from earlier samples will be integrated with the next batch of samples to be sequenced as part of this procurement. To maintain the integrity and congruency of the project, it is essential to use the same supplier for continuity. Awarding the contract to a new supplier could introduce risks such as batch errors or data misalignment, which would undermine the research's reproducibility. Therefore, to avoid these potential issues and ensure the quality and reliability of the data, the contract will be awarded directly to Source Bioscience.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date3 October 2025
  2. Completed: Award published7 October 2025
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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

  • 71900000 · Laboratory services

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