Supply and Delivery of Artificial Intestinal System

Concepts

• artificial body parts
• glasgow
• an artificial intestinal system
• artificial intestinal system
• system
• intestinal
• artificial
• intestine
• miscellaneous medical devices
• vivo studies

Location

University of Strathclyde

Description

This Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice relates the purchase an artificial intestinal system, to support research and development activities within university of Strathclyde's Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical science. The contract has an estimated duration of 24 months inclusive of lead time and warranties.

Total Quantity or Scope

The University intends to award this contract under the conditions of regulation 33.b (iii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) regulations. The University of Strathclyde’s Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences seek to purchase an artificial intestinal system, to support research and development activities within the department. The University requires a single suitably qualified supplier to provide a solution that meets the above requirement and non-exhaustive capabilities listed below: The required equipment provides insight into the release, solubility and availability of ingested products as an alternative to animal and human studies. be integrated to connect the stomach and small intestine and be able to replicate the bulk luminal macroenvironment in both regions; include a separate system that replicates the colon, this apparatus should provide the bulk luminal conditions within the colon as well as mixing patterns that represent those found in vivo; be controlled with feedback sensors to ensure that the conditions are dynamically controlled; mimic body temperature and the peristaltic motility within the gastro-intestinal tract; be validated in comparison with in vivo studies in humans.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the Successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 33184000 - Artificial parts of the body
• 33190000 - Miscellaneous medical devices and products

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

Early market research and engagement undertaken by the University highlighted that the supplier the the University intends to award to manufactures the equipment to be procured for research environments such as the University's Pharmacy and Biomedical Science department. The department seek to purchase the aforementioned equipment as part of grant funding awarded by Engineering and Physical Science Council (ESPRC). The supplier the University intends to award to holds a variety of patents for the equipment to be purchased. By contracting with the supplier the University will be able to assure the funding source that the equipment will add specialist intellectual property to the University's research not readily available in the market.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** (SC Ref:796344)