Tender Summary

Automated Large-Scale Ultra-Low Temperature Biological Sample Archive

Buying Organisation

UK Biobank Ltd

Contract Value

Unknown

Tender Description

UK Biobank (UKB) is a registered UK charity and is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing genetic, lifestyle and health information from half a million UK participants. UKB is responsible for the safe preservation, and scientific exploitation, of a priceless collection of 17 million biological samples. Around 11 million are stored at -80 C and accessible for approved use by academic and industry researchers. Samples include plasma, serum, buffy coat, extracted DNA, urine and saliva. UKBs next phase of development will be characterised by increasing demand for biological samples, and a number of new, large-scale, sample collections. This Contract Notice relates to the provision of a new automated large-scale ultra-low temperature biological sample archive (the Archive) with sufficient capacity to accommodate 20 million samples (with expansion to 30 million samples if required by UKB during the contract) and associated support services.

Tender categories (products & services required)

Industrial freezers (CPV 39711124)
Cold-storage installations (CPV 45213210)
Freezing equipment (CPV 42513100)
Industrial robots (CPV 42997300)
Installation services of laboratory equipment (CPV 51430000)
System and support services (CPV 72250000)

Region

North West (UKD)

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