UK-Swindon: Laboratory reagents.

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
UK Research & Innovation
www.ukri.org, Swindon, SN2 1 FL, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1793867000, Email: MRCProcurement@ukri.org
Contact: MRC LMS Procurement
Main Address: www.ukri.org
NUTS Code: UK

I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity:
Other activity: Research

Section II: Object Of The Contract

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: UKRI-1984 Illumina NextSeq Sequencing Consumables
Reference number: Not Provided

II.1.2) Main CPV code:
33696500 - Laboratory reagents.
LA21-3 - For laboratory use


II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES

II.1.4) Short description: Sequencing kits for the 3 Illumina's instrument (Miseq, Nextseq500 and Nextseq2000) in order to perform sequencing experiments as part of LMS portfolio of services.

II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 184,722.75

Currency:GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
Not Provided

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKI3 - Inner London – West

Main site or place of performance:
Inner London – West


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Sequencing kits for the 3 Illumina's instrument (Miseq, Nextseq500 and Nextseq2000) in order to perform sequencing experiments as part of LMS portfolio of services.

II.2.5) Award criteria:

Price - Weighting: 10


II.2.11) Information about options
Options: No


II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)


IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No


IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Not Provided


IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

Contract No: UKRI-1984
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: Not Provided

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


V.2) Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 18/02/2022

V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

Contractor (No.1)
Illumina Cambridge Ltd, 03625145
19 Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6DF, United Kingdom, Cambridge, CB21 6DF, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 7825560809
Internet address: www.illumina.com
NUTS Code: UKH12
The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided
Total value of the contract/lot: 184,722.75
Currency: GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=669452663

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body
UK Research & Innovation
Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1 FL, United Kingdom
Email: MRCProcurement@ukri.org
Internet address: www.ukri.org

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 21/02/2022




ANNEX D

1. Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to: Not Provided

The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive (for supplies only): No

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons

Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive: No

Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive: No



Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market: No

Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms: No


3. Explanation
The LMS facility has 3 Illumina sequencers: Miseq, Nextseq500 and Nextseq2000 that are used to deliver the sequencing services.
Illumina uses the Sequencing by Synthesis technology and manufactures sequencing kits to be used with their instruments to deliver highly accurate base-by-base sequencing and robust performance across multiple genomes. Illumina is the only manufacturer and supplier of these sequencing kits and we are not aware of any alternative kits/supplier for this particular type of sequencers.