Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment

Tender description

Maintenance contract for Becton Dickinson flow cytometry analysers and cell sorting instruments located in the QMRI flow cytometry facility, BioQuarter, University of Edinburgh. Consisting of online/telephone support; on-site engineer preventative maintenance visits; repair visits and workstation upgrades. Under Regulation Reg 33(1)(b)(ii) the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, a contracting authority may use the negotiated procedure without the prior publication in the case of a public contract, based on the following justification: 2) Competition is absent for technical reasons (only if it is not caused by artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists).