VEAT Notice for Sample Preparation Reagents

University Of Edinburgh

Published: Apr 7, 2026

Updated: Jun 23, 2026

Source: Public Contracts Scotland

This tender has been awarded

Awarded to New England Biolabs

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About This Opportunity

Award by University Of Edinburgh (United Kingdom, ICT & digital): VEAT Notice for Sample Preparation Reagents. Awarded to New England Biolabs.

This is a supplies contract in the information and communication technology and education and training sectors, with a focus on Higher Education. Located in United Kingdom, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

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Description

The University of Edinburgh intends to award a contract to New England Biolabs to provide products for the library preparation of samples ahead of sequencing.

The University of Edinburgh intends to award a contract to New England Biolabs (NEB) to provide products for the library preparation of samples ahead of sequencing on Oxoford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) equipment.
The NEB reagents are the only products validated, qualified, and optimized by ONT for the library preparation protocol. Substituting these critical reagents would require full revalidation, introducing risks to workflow stability and data comparability.
Although multiple suppliers offer general molecular biology reagents, no alternative vendor meets the validated compatibility requirements for the current ONT workflows in this project. NEB is therefore the only acceptable source for the products for library preparation for this project.
Based on validation data, workflow compatibility, and compliance requirements, NEB is the single source capable of supplying reagents required for the ONT sequencing processes defined in the project. These products are not available from other vendors; it is only possible to purchase these validated reagents directly from NEB UK.

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About University Of Edinburgh

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