Nextseq 500 Sequencing System

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Official name: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet — DTU
National registration number: 30060946
Postal address: Anker Engelunds Vej 1
Town: Kgs. Lyngby
NUTS code: DK01
Postal code: 2800
Country: Denmark
Contact person: Katrine Freiesleben Petersen
E-mail: kafre@dtu.dk
Telephone: +45 45252525

Internet address(es):

Main address: http://www.dtu.dk

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:

Nextseq 500 Sequencing System

II.1.2) Main CPV code

38900000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description:

This regards a Nextseq 500 Sequencing system (SY-415-1002), including Bronze support plan from Illumnia Denmark ApS. The regional whole genome sequencing reference centre at KCRI, Moshi, Tanzania needs a WGS platform/technology to sequence bacterial pathogens to fulfill their role as the regional WGS reference centre for East Africa.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: 2 000 000.00 DKK

II.2) Description

II.2.1) Title:

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

38300000

38400000

38430000

38500000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code: 00

Main site or place of performance:

Tanzania, Moshi.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

This regards a Nextseq 500 Sequencing system (SY-415-1002), including Bronze support plan from Illumnia Denmark ApS. The regional whole genome sequencing reference centre at KCRI, Moshi, Tanzania needs a WGS platform/technology to sequence bacterial pathogens to fulfill their role as the regional WGS reference centre for East Africa.

II.2.5) Award criteria

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

II.2.14) Additional information

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure without prior publication

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 regional whole genome sequencing reference center at KCRI, Moshi, Tanzania needs a well-established WGS platform/technology to sequence bacterial pathogens to fulfil their role as the regional WGS reference center for East Africa.

The project needs a platform with short read technology, which corresponds to read sizes ranging between 50 to 1 000 bases combined with high accuracy nucleotide calling of app 99 %. Only Illumina can supply KCRI with the specific short-read WGS platform that they require. Long-read sequencing platforms can’t be considered due to the high error rate between 10 %-13 % by the 2 long-read platforms available: the Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) suite and the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) suite.

The project needs a platform with sequencing-by-synthesis system (SBS). A sequencing-by-ligation (SBL) can't be considered because of a lower yield than required as well as problems sequencing palindromic sequences.

The project needs medium yield of 15-100 (Gb) and only Illumina Nextseq meet the required medium yield range of 15-100 (Gb).

The project needs a relative medium throughput of 100 isolates per run and only Illumina Nextseq and Hiseq meets the required medium throughput of 100 isolates per run.

It vital for the project to have a low error rate to avoid re-runs and misinterpretations and identification of genes and mutations as well as phylogeny bacteria. Only Illumina can meet our requirements for maximum error rates. The long read technology platforms all have much higher error rates, which complicate an accurate analysis.

The project needs output data to be applicable to the analytic workflow (software) applied by KCRI (CGE Bacterial Analysis Pipeline). The analytic workflow applied by KCRI is based on the output from Illumina Technologies, thus, only fully applicable to Illumina platforms.

Furthermore, the project needs a service contract to cover coverage of parts, reagents replacement, remote technical support, on-site application support and protection of costly repairs. It's vital for the project that the platforms are regularly serviced to warrant the high accuracy to ensure high quality genomic data for the analysis. And only Illumina can support Illumina platforms.

IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Section V: Award of contract/concession

V.2) Award of contract/concession

V.2.1) Date of contract award decision:

06/12/2019

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/concessionaire

Official name: Illumina Denmark ApS
National registration number: 34087423
Postal address: Ørestads Boulevard 73
Town: København S
NUTS code: DK01
Postal code: 2300
Country: Denmark

The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 2 000 000.00 DKK

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information:

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Official name: Klagenævnet for Udbud
Postal address: Nævnenes hus, Toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postal code: 8800
Country: Denmark
E-mail: klfu@erst.dk
Telephone: +45 35291000

Internet address: http://www.klfu.dk

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Complaint regarding the contracting authority’s award of contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the European Union Official Journal must be submitted no later than 30 calendar days from the date after a contract award notice has been published by the contracting authority in the European Union Official Journal and that contract award notice includes the grounds for the decision to award the contract directly, cf. lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud § 7, section 3.

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Official name: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Postal address: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postal code: 2500
Country: Denmark
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk
Telephone: +45 41715000

Internet address: http://www.kfst.dk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

06/12/2019

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Nextseq 500 Sequencing System

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet — DTU