AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has concluded a direct below-threshold procurement for a PromethION 2 Integrated Sequencing Unit. The published contract names Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC as the verified legal supplier and records a signed, active contract from 30 September 2026 to 30 August 2029.
Published outcomeOne active award and one active contract are recorded for lot 1, with Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC as supplier. The contract value is £51,613 excluding VAT (£61,935.60 including VAT).
Market significanceThis is a specialist goods procurement in sequencing equipment, made without competition under a below-threshold direct procedure. The notice also classifies the awarded item under medical equipment and medical-equipment repair and maintenance services.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £51,613 excluding VAT; £61,935.60 including VAT (contract-level value) GBP · Verified legal supplier; active award and contract
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Supplier verification matched company number 05386273 to OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC. Award 1 lists the supplier against lot 1; contract 1, linked to award 1, records the stated values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Published document 095705-2026 is described as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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The tender record has status “complete”; lot 1 also has status “complete”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive; signed 30 September 2026
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Contract 1 has status “active” and an explicit dateSigned of 2026-09-30.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£51,613
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Contract 1 value.amount is 51613 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£61,935.60
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 61935.6 GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceContract-level value; no separate lot or item value published
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The contract provides one value, while lot 1 has no value amount.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-30.
Contract start
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-09-30.
Contract end
99% confidence30 August 2029
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2029-08-30.
Notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract details notice 095705-2026 was published on 2026-10-09.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Published requirement
99% confidencePromethION 2 Integrated Sequencing Unit
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The tender description states “PromethION 2 Integrated Sequencing Unit”.
Procurement title
99% confidenceNCF-2627- CTDNA Oxford Nanograph
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The tender and contract title are recorded as “NCF-2627- CTDNA Oxford Nanograph”.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne lot (lot 1)
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The tender contains lot 1 and award 1 is related to lot 1.
Category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 identifies its main procurement category as goods.
Classifications
99% confidenceMedical equipment (CPV 33100000); repair and maintenance services of medical equipment (CPV 50421000)
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Award item 1 lists these two CPV classifications.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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The tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - without competition
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The tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
Competition information
98% confidenceNo competition was used; number of suppliers approached or bids received is not published
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The published procedure detail says “without competition”; no bid-count data is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence30 September 2026 to 30 August 2029
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Contract 1 period runs from 2026-09-30 to 2029-08-30.
Signature
99% confidenceSigned 30 September 2026
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Contract 1 explicitly records dateSigned as 2026-09-30.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial model
97% confidenceDirect, below-threshold acquisition of specialist sequencing equipment
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The requirement is a PromethION 2 Integrated Sequencing Unit and the method is recorded as direct, below threshold and without competition.
Published price basis
99% confidenceBoth net and gross contract values are published
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Contract 1 records £51,613 amount and £61,935.60 amountGross in GBP.
Award rationale
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice; no evaluation, justification or comparative pricing is provided.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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Company-number matching verified company 05386273 as OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC. The published source name is OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD; the verified legal name is used in this analysis.
Lot-level detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value
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Lot 1 is present with status complete but its title, description and value fields are null.
Award date
99% confidenceNot published
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Award 1 has no award date.
Scope wording
98% confidenceTitle and description use different wording
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The title is “NCF-2627- CTDNA Oxford Nanograph”, while the description is “PromethION 2 Integrated Sequencing Unit”. No explanation of their relationship is supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award date, bid count, evaluation results, award rationale, pricing breakdown, extension terms or renewal terms are published.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value, so the contract-level value is not treated as a separate lot allocation.
- The published title and description differ in wording; the notice does not explain the relationship between “CTDNA Oxford Nanograph” and the PromethION 2 Integrated Sequencing Unit.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLCManchester University NHS Foundation TrustPromethION 2sequencing unitmedical equipment contractdirect procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the contract?
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC, verified against company number 05386273.
What is the contract value?
£51,613 excluding VAT and £61,935.60 including VAT.
Was the contract competitively tendered?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition.
When does the contract end?
The published contract end date is 30 August 2029.
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