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UK Biobank Ltd

TAP Polar system support

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50400000
Value£333k
Awarded24 Aug 2017
Published12 Feb 2018
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£333ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Repair & Maintenance band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

The brief

UK Biobank is looking for suppliers with the necessary capacity and capability to supply Tap Polar System support, for an expected period of up to five years.

The first 'year' will be a series of training / handover sessions during the period between award of contract to June 2018, at which point the successful bidder will take over full responsibility for the system support for the remaining 4 years that the contract is anticipated to last for.

UK Biobank uses a "Polar" Automated -80°C freezer system supplied by The Automation Partnership ("TAP") for the storage of a variety of biological samples.The storage system comprises:-- an antechamber, held at +4°C, which is the main point of access for operators wishing to enter samples into the store or remove samples from storage- a main chamber, held at -20°C, which itself houses a series of "ultra-low temperature compartments" (ULTCs) held at -80°C

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

UK Biobank is looking for suppliers

UK Biobank is looking for suppliers with the necessary capacity and capability to supply Tap Polar System support, for an expected period of up to five years.

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The first 'year' will be a series

The first 'year' will be a series of training / handover sessions during the period between award of contract to June 2018, at which point the successful bidder will take over full responsibility for the system support for the remaining 4 years that the contract is anticipated to last for.

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Source & provenance
OCID
44b092c3-b065-4d17-ad8f-6482ed032e70
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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