Element AVITI24 Upgrade
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Element Biosciences
- Value
- £99,225
- Topic
- Laboratory centrifuges and accessories
- Published
- 5 December 2025
Tender description
The Genetics Core is embedded within the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility, which has been accredited under the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Phase I Accreditation Scheme since July 2011. The Genetics Core purchased the original equipment in 2024, which is a relatively new-to-market short-read sequencing platform. The request in this Non-Competitive Action is to upgrade the existing equipment, which entails a hardware change to the camera and compute. Lot 1: The Genetics Core is embedded within the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility, which has been accredited under the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Phase I Accreditation Scheme since July 2011. The Genetics Core purchased the original equipment in 2024, which is a relatively new-to-market short-read sequencing platform. The request in this Non-Competitive Action is to upgrade the existing equipment, which entails a hardware change to the camera and compute.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date4 December 2025
- Completed: Award published5 December 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
- 42931100 · Laboratory centrifuges and accessories
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| 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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