# Clone Lentiviral Particles or equivalent

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency](/buyers/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency/contract-awards)
- Published: 10 December 2018
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 43450eb3-4284-4749-a2ac-0573f7dbdce3-258229
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-026d485d-1c56-4c08-bef2-c3bd718da193

## Description

The Agency requires to purchase specified Clone Lentiviral Particles or equivalent\. An over view of the requirement is: "The project is based on genetic modification of macrophage cell lines with two tagged genes with lentiviral particles such as - 1\. Sp110 \(NM\_175397\) Mouse Tagged ORF Clone Lentiviral Particle and 2, Arl8b \(NM\_026011\) Mouse Tagged ORF Clone Lentiviral Particle\. We would like to perform a proof of concept theory in-vitro for pathogens of our interest\. Ideally, we are planning to order reagents middle of January 2018 and in-vitro work would last for 2-3 months\. If the proof-of-concept study looks promising we are planning to order more plasmids and perform more in-vitro experiments\." Potential suppliers if they feel they can meet the requirement should email Nawaz\.habib@nibsc\.org to register an interest\. If no submissions of potential interest are received by close of play 28 December 2018, it is then intended to perform a direct award without competition to the sole supplier we believe can deliver this requirement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43450eb3-4284-4749-a2ac-0573f7dbdce3-258229)