Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d09-e77c-701f-aa8f-84d97e01475a/benchtop-sequencing-system [Skip to main content](#main-content) awardedGBrestricted procedureSuitable for SMEs # Benchtop Sequencing System [University of Southampton](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-southampton) Estimated value £78,216 Published 18 Jun 2025 Deadline Closed 17 Jun 2025 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](/opportunities/for-small-businesses)## About this tender The Environmental Sequencing Facility requires a next-generation sequencing system that serves as a direct, enhanced replacement for its current benchtop short-read platform, which is being discontinued by the manufacturer. This new instrument must maintain compatibility with established short-read, paired end sequencing-by-synthesis chemistries and data analysis pipelines, while delivering significantly increased throughput and faster turnaround times. Critical features must include robust performance for applications such as amplicon and whole-genome sequencing, and the ability for the instrument to produce up to 15 Gigabases (Gb) of sequencing data when based around 2 X 300 base pair (bp) sequencing chemistry, and a capability to generate up to 50 million reads per sequencing run. To ensure sequencing quality is maintained with this replacement, the platform must retain an average per-base quality score of over 80% higher than Q30 (phred quality score) across the entire sequencing run. This procurement was facilitated via the LAB2010 NE Framework Lot 1 framework direct award call-off ## CPV classification Geological and geophysical instruments Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice ](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8ce6ce93-089b-49c3-9c5f-94ec6aadb6c4) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free ](/register) [Buyer profileUniversity of Southampton: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-southampton)[SectorMore Laboratory & precision equipment tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/laboratory-precision-equipment) ## More tenders like this [Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Advanced Fluorescence Microscope System with Widefield, Confocal and Super-Resolution Imaging Capabilities Heriot-Watt University 31 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14495-81b9-7047-bcb9-8150280217cb/supply-delivery-installation-and-commissioning-of-an-advanced-fluorescence-mic)[Metering instruments – Grandinių analizatorius (VNA analyzer) (NUTRAUKTAS) Lietuvos Respublikos ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba 6 days left 22 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-110e-71ce-b3c4-6b4eadd3d8fb/lithuania-metering-instruments-grandiniu-analizatorius-vna-analyzer-nutra)[Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment – Hochschule Reutlingen - Real-Time-PCR-System (qPCR-System) Hochschule Reutlingen 29 days left 14 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1420f-fcfe-7144-8a16-cbd70bc7ecea/germany-real-time-polymerase-chain-reaction-pcr-equipment-hochschule-reutl)[Rheometers – Hochschule Reutlingen - Rotationsrheometer Hochschule Reutlingen 29 days left 14 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0d67-7260-b1d0-93b54abccc35/germany-rheometers-hochschule-reutlingen-rotationsrheometer)[Research, testing and scientific technical simulator – SZP/243-261/2026 Dostawa manekinów badawczych ATD wraz z wyposażeniem i urządzeniami peryferyjnymi. Politechnika Wrocławska 11 days left 27 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-0ed9-70a3-ab8e-ae5bf10a99cd/poland-research-testing-and-scientific-technical-simulator-szp243-2612026)[Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) – LA3951C - Request-for-Tenders under Open (National) Procedure for the Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Elemental Analysis Machine for South East Technological University (SETU) Education Procurement Service (EPS) 25 days left 10 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-1970-701f-9611-8a327c84c981/ireland-laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-la3951c)