Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Cardiff University
Procurement Services, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0DE
UK
Telephone: +44 2920879648
E-mail: franklinsp@cf.ac.uk
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/business/why-work-with-us/for-suppliers
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0258
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Patchliner automated ePhys patch-clamping system
Reference number: CU.529.SF
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Patchliner automated ePhys patch-clamping system for characterisation of cell surface and intracellular ion channels
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
244 100.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Patchliner automated ePhys patch-clamping system for characterisation of cell surface and intracellular ion channels
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Price
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without prior publication
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Patchliner is a fully automated planar patch-clamping system with unparalleled versatility, compared to rival automated systems, and ease-of-use compared to conventional patch-clamping, which requires several months specialist training. This ease-of-use is the key attribute, as high quality electrophysiology data can be generated after just one training session, making the equipment realistically multi-user and allowing PhD or undergraduate students to perform otherwise complex ion channel electrophysiological recordings. The equipment will allow basic research into ion channel function, such as ion permeability, voltage dependency, and the effects of ligands and modulators on these, and ion channel directed drug discovery, by researchers who are not expert electrophysiologists. Planar patch-clamping systems utilise borosilicate glass chips with a micron size aperture, embedded in a microfluidic chamber, to take the place of pipettes in a conventional patch-clamping set up. Negative pressure attracts cells to the aperture, where a reliable seal is formed automatically with the cell, allowing recording of ion flux. We will use this equipment for 1) ion channel targeted drug discovery, 2) characterisation of differentiated stem cell models (e.g. neurons, cardiomyocytes), 3) phenotypic characterisation of ion channels, 4) characterisation of pore-forming toxin ion permeability, 5) ion flux in plant cells and 6) the impact of biomaterials and artificial amino acids on ion channel function.
Justification for Patchliner: The Patchliner is the only automated patch-clamping system capable of performing both medium throughput whole cell recordings, and recording from isolated organelles and giant unilamellar vesicles. This is vital for our research as we need to record from intracellular ion channels, as well as conduct medium throughput drug development programmes and characterise differented stem cell models. No other automated patch-clamping system can do this.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: CU.359.SF
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
25/01/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Nanion Technologies GmbH
Ganghoferstr. 70A
Muenchen
80339
DE
Telephone: +49 892190950
Fax: +49 89218997960
NUTS: DE212
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
244 100.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/01/2021