North Bristol NHS Trust and Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (the Contracting Authorities) are offering a contract to provide liquid handling robots capable of automating complex NGS library preparation workflows as well as various PCR based tests and, as such will be required to process runs of various sizes of up to 384 samples. In addition to the purchase of the equipment, the Contracting Authorities may also award contracts for the provision of maintenance services and/or the provision of reagents and consumables.

North Bristol NHS Trust and Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (the Contracting Authorities) are offering a contract to provide liquid handling robots capable of automating complex NGS library preparation workflows as well as various PCR based tests and, as such will be required to process runs of various sizes of up to 384 samples. In addition to the purchase of the equipment, the Contracting Authorities may also award contracts for the provision of maintenance services and/or the provision of reagents and consumables.

To access and download a copy of the invitation to tender documents and details of the procurement process, potential Bidders are invited to login to the electronic procurement portal ‘EU-Supply’ available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com Registration on EU-Supply is free of charge.

Once logged into EU-Supply, search for tender reference 38642 – ‘Supply of Liquid Handling Robots on Behalf of North Bristol NHS Trust and Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust’ then register your interest to download the documents.

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‘The Deadline for bid submissions via the EU-Supply Portal is 17.00 on 19.2.2020’.