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Summary
Machine-generated summarySt James's Hospital Dublin, through its Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Department, is seeking to purchase one digital PCR instrument, together with all hardware, software and ancillary equipment needed for routine operation. The purchase must include installation, commissioning, training and a comprehensive warranty of at least three years. The platform will initially be used for assay development, evaluation and method transfer, and an agreed quantity or value of development reagents and consumables will be bought at the start of the contract, available for draw-down over three years. The authority may develop new assays or migrate selected existing molecular diagnostic assays to digital PCR during the agreement, without any commitment to specific assays or minimum reagent quantities.
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €250,000
- €230,000 to €250,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 92% and 100%, based on 155 awards of the last 3 years.
Each award is compared with the estimate of the same lots, framework agreements excluded. A published estimate may include options and renewals, so an award under it is not always a discount.
What this buyer has paid before
Based on 3 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €250,000
- Median award
- €400,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €258,318 to €582,240
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - Provision of fluorescently labelled probes for the Fluorescent in situ Hybridisation (FISH) Service in the Histopathology Dept at St James’s Hospital. €764,481
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - Invitation to tender for the Provision of a Fluorescent in situ Hybrisisation (FISH) Microscope and a Cytogenetic Image Analysis and Management System (end to end solution) for St James's Hospital €116,636
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - Contract award notice for the provision of a LUMIPULSE G600II, a chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) benchtop analyzer €400,000
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileSt James's Hospital
- notices in the register
- 167
- awards
- 94
- awarded in total
- €100.3M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 13
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 23%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 97%
Based on 13 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 3.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 31%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 36%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinisciences Limited | 1 | €764,481 | Jul 2026 |
| Abbott Laboratories_80891 | 1 | €116,636 | Jan 2026 |
| Cruinn Diagnostics | 1 | Feb 2022 |
Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
13 open tenders right now
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - The Provision of a Coagulation Analytical Platform for the St James’s Hospital Coagulation Laboratory incorporating the National Centre for Hereditary Coagulation Disorders. at St James’s Hospital. 19 days left
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - Invitation to tender for the provision of a Next Gen Sequencing Platform for the Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Department within St James’s Hospital Dublin 20 days left
- Construction work - Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade Works and Establishing a Framework Agreement at St James's Hospital 27 days left
Market context
Larger than 51% of the open notices in Laboratory & precision equipment across Europe.
- open now in Laboratory & precision equipment
- 2,385
- median open notice
- €227,675
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersIreland · Laboratory & precision equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 195
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 9%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 121 of 137
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 46
Based on 265 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 3.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 35%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 64%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
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