Duo Digital Dispenser
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Tecan UK Ltd.
- Value
- £57,340.02
- Topic
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Published
- 25 November 2025
Tender description
The UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI) based at the Edinburgh BioQuarter, is a centre of excellence for life sciences research and development. The UK DRI at Edinburgh aims to piece together how the different cells, systems and processes work together to keep our brains healthy as we age, and what goes wrong to trigger neurodegenerative disease. To assist with the research and studies, the institute requires a Duo Digital Dispenser to enhance drug screening and development capabilities. This is a new-to-market device to assist in a push towards testing more complex drug combinations at greater throughput whilst maintaining robustness, a process which is costly in terms of time and consumables with currently available equipment. Lot 1: The UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI) based at the Edinburgh BioQuarter, is a centre of excellence for life sciences research and development. The UK DRI at Edinburgh aims to piece together how the different cells, systems and processes work together to keep our brains healthy as we age, and what goes wrong to trigger neurodegenerative disease. To assist with the research and studies, the institute requires a Duo Digital Dispenser to enhance drug screening and development capabilities. This is a new-to-market device to assist in a push towards testing more complex drug combinations at greater throughput whilst maintaining robustness, a process which is costly in terms of time and consumables with currently available equipment.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date21 November 2025
- Completed: Award published25 November 2025Current notice
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
- 38000000 · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov |
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