Award of Contract for the Provision of Essential Support Plan for Maintenance of Q Exactive Plus Mass Spectrometer - UOA

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Award of Contract for the Provision of Essential Support Plan for Maintenance of Q Exactive Plus Mass Spectrometer - UOA The contract has been awarded without competition to Fisher Scientific based on technical reasons : See below for details: Under Regulation 6(1)(b)(ii) of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016, a contracting authority may award a contract without competition based on the following justification: 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). Thermo Fisher is the only supplier who can provide the correct parts and qualified service personnel to maintain this highly specialised and complex equipment. It is vital the equipment continues to be maintained by the manufacturer to ensure continuity of performance and availability of replacement parts.