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Invitation to tender for the Provision of a Digital PCR Platform, Associated Reagents and Support for Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Department within St James’s Hospital Dublin
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 10 November at 12:00 — 9 days left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Offer and evidence in: English.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
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…
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… 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 service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (24 awards, most recently July 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Clinisciences Limited.n = 24
- 25% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (286 awards since 2013, spread over 171 companies). That is well below the sector norm (45%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 286 awards since 2013
- 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (286 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 24%.n = 286
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (262 procedures with a bid count); 16% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 262
- The award came in at a median 100% of the estimated value (12 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 94%.n = 12
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
Who has won at this buyer so far
Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| PJ Brennan and Company Limited trading as Brennan and Co | 8 | 2013–2023 |
| Roche Diagnostics Limited | 6 | 2013–2026 |
| Aquilant Scientific ROI Ltd. | 5 | 2017–2024 |
| Leica Microsystems (UK) Ltd | 5 | 2017–2024 |
| Murray Surgical Limited | 3 | 2018–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 21 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 33 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Laboratory & optical equipment, 385 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,896 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, United Kingdom, France.
Submission language: English.
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