Award of Provision of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Machine
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Published
19 Jun 2025
Description
USW requires a new Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Machine to replace an existing machine. USW mainly use it to quantify antimicrobial resistance genes from environmental samples; however, its scope may be expanded to include forensic applications. Samples are quantified alongside standards to get concentrations of ARGs. These are then used to work out gene copy numbers using external software
Scope
- Reference
- 1977
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 22 Jun 2025 to 31 Jul 2025
- CPV classifications
- 3895000038900000
- Contract locations
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
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| Price | — | cost | 100.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition
Award details
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