Invitation to tender for the Provision of a Digital PCR Platform, Associated Reagents and Support for Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Department within St Jamesโ€™s Hospital Dublin

St James's Hospital

The Contracting Authority (CA) seeks to purchase one digital PCR instrument, including all hardware, software and ancillary equipment required for routine operation. The purchase shall include a minimum three-year comprehensive warranty, installation, commissioning and training.The CA intends initially to use the platform for assay development, evaluation and method transfer and wishes to purchase an agreed quantity/value of development reagents and consumables at the commencement of the contract. These reagents shall be available for draw-down by the laboratory as required over the three-year agreement. During the course of the agreement, the CA may elect to develop new assays or migrate selected existing molecular diagnostic assays to dPCR where this provides appropriate clinical, analytical or operational benefit. The extent and timing of such migration will be determined by the CA according to clinical and service requirements and does not represent a commitment to implement any specific assay or purchase any minimum quantity of reagents.

Deadline

Deadline 2026-11-10

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
Procurement history
Date Document
2026-10-08 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-10-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Invitation to tender for the Provision of a Digital PCR Platform, Associated Reagents and Support for Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Department within St Jamesโ€™s Hospital Dublin
Short description:
The Contracting Authority (CA) seeks to purchase one digital PCR instrument, including all hardware, software and ancillary equipment required for routine operation. The purchase shall include a minimum three-year comprehensive warranty, installation, commissioning and training.The CA intends initially to use the platform for assay development, evaluation and method transfer and wishes to purchase an agreed quantity/value of development reagents and consumables at the commencement of the contract. These reagents shall be available for draw-down by the laboratory as required over the three-year agreement. During the course of the agreement, the CA may elect to develop new assays or migrate selected existing molecular diagnostic assays to dPCR where this provides appropriate clinical, analytical or operational benefit. The extent and timing of such migration will be determined by the CA according to clinical and service requirements and does not represent a commitment to implement any specific assay or purchase any minimum quantity of reagents.
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Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 54 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-11-10 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-11-10 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9248664
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 90 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-11-10 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9248664
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-11-03 16:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: St James's Hospital
National registration number: IE 4752452R
Department: LabMed
Postal address: James Street
Postal code: D08 NHY1
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: dgunning@stjames.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 104162468 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.stjames.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.stjames.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Health
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=9248664 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=9248664 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2026/S 196-696540 (2026-10-08)