Awarded contract

PURCH2873 - PPE1004041 Direct Award for the Provision of Supply of Laboratory Information Management System

Details

Supplier(s)
Autoscribe Informatics Ltd
Value
£202,652
Topic
Medical information systems
Published
14 January 2026

Tender description

PURCH2873 - PPE1004041 Direct Award for the Provision of Supply of Laboratory Information Management System. Supply of laboratory information management system. Costs include implementation, equipment interfacing, data migration, 14 user licences and an ongoing support package. Internal Procurement Policy Exception (PPE) Form completed. Justification: Regulations 2015-33 (1) (b)(ii)Technical Reasons Lot 1: PURCH2873 - PPE1004041 Direct Award for the Provision of Supply of Laboratory Information Management System. LIMS for VDS (Laboratory Information Management System for Veterinary Diagnostic Services). Supply of laboratory information management system. Costs include implementation, equipment interfacing, data migration, 14 user licences and an ongoing support package and is the only system which can meet specification.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 December 2025
  2. Completed: Award published14 January 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

University of Glasgow buys as a higher education institution, run by its own Procurement Office at Tay House. Every tender is advertised and submitted through the Public Contracts Scotland portal, with no paper submissions accepted. Purchasing follows the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges runs sector-wide frameworks for the Scottish higher education sector that the university draws on. Colleges hold delegated authority for smaller purchases below a set threshold. Selective Travel Management is the approved supplier for the university's travel and conferencing needs.

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

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

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48814000 · Medical information systems

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