Procurement of New Benchtop Genome Sequencer and all consumables and servicing for ten years
Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI) · Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Contract value
- £2,668,717
- Awarded
- 23 Jul 2026
- Contract starts
- 26 Jul 2026
- Contract ends
- 26 Jul 2036
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Source
- Find a Tender
Awarded to
| Supplier | Value |
|---|---|
| Illumina Cambridge | £2,668,717 |
Description
AFBI is committed to modernising its veterinary microbiology capabilities in order to improve services to our sponsoring Government Department, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). Expanding on use of microbial genomics has enhanced disease surveillance, epidemiological investigations and pathogen phenotypic characterisation including antimicrobial resistance profiling. Demand for microbial genome sequencing within AFBI VSD has expanded by six-fold over the last 5-year period – a demand that our existing instruments cannot sustain for important in house sequencing with defined timelines. AFBI therefore require, an instrument with increased sample capacity and data output to ensure demand can be met and continue to deliver high quality data and analyses. Approximately 5650 microbial genomes are expected to be processed per annum with an average size of approximately 5 megabase pairs (Mbps). Additionally, AFBI require consumables/reagents (e.g. Sequencing Chemistry, Oligonucleotide indexes to permit multiplexing of samples for sequencing and DNA Library Preparation Chemistry) for the work detailed above and servicing for this replacement instrument for the duration of its useful life of ten years
Categories (CPV)
- 33100000 Medical equipments
- 33696500 Laboratory reagents
- 38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 38434540 Biomedical equipment
- 38500000 Checking and testing apparatus
- 50000000 Repair and maintenance services
- 50400000 Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
- 50530000 Repair and maintenance services of machinery
- 51000000 Installation services (except software)
- 51540000 Installation services of special-purpose machinery and equipment
- 85145000 Services provided by medical laboratories
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