Library preparation and high-throughput sequencing for WGS, WES, custom target DNA and RNA sequencing, RNA-seq, and ChIPseq and sequencing services for Hi-C, ATAC-seq, snATACseq, and snRNA-seq.

Lisätietoja

The procurement process will proceed according to act on public procurement (1397/2016) and the procedure chosen for this tender is EU thresholds exceeding open procedure.
The University of Helsinki reserves the right to not to choose any of the submitted tenders. The University of Helsinki also reserves the right to call off the procurement procedure in any given time of the process.

The University of Helsinki has the right to decline the supplier for using a certain subcontractor given if there is an agreeable reason for doing so. Subcontractor work can however be used as a part of the provided service.

Other obligatory information

Processing and storage of the samples and the data must take place in the EU or in a country with an adequate level of data protection as stated by the European Commission.

Service provider has to report to us immediately about any delays, issues or changes during the project. If samples pass the QC criteria provided by the service provider but the library construction fails, these libraries will be prepared a maximum of two times without extra cost.

If samples and sequencing libraries pass the QC criteria provided by the service provider but the sequencing does not fulfill the agreed requirements, additional sequencing will be performed without extra cost.

If samples and sequencing libraries pass the QC criteria provided by the service provider but sequencing fails, new libraries and sequencing will be done once without extra cost.

If the data fulfills the agreed requirements, it will be delivered in an encrypted form in a sealed and password protected hard drive. The encrypting program is specified by the customer. Data delivery via the internet is not accepted.

The remaining samples need to be stored properly without extra cost for 6 months after the project has been completed and accepted and returned to us if requested. Data needs to be stored by the service provider 90 days from the delivery of the approved data to the customer, after which the service provider must destroy the data within 60 days and notify us immediately after deletion. No bioinformatics analyses by the service provider is needed. Alternative experimental settings can be suggested in the tender as an addition or as a replacement to listed services. Suggestions to negotiate about technical terms are accepted.

After we have successfully received the data, the final invoice can be activated. After receiving the data, we reserve 60 days for complaints and for confirming that the project has been accepted and completed. The service provider will have 30 days to respond and/or resolve the problems or agree on compensations. If we have not presented complaints within 60 days, we will confirm that the project is completed and accepted.

The following details in the tender are obligatory:
1A. Concept of the service and how does the service provider demonstrate and ensure the amount, quality, and compatibility of data with our existing sequencing data? Please provide a detailed description of the reagents, protocols, equipments, and data formats used and the general sample requirements.
1.B. The service products need to be compatible with our current sample types, our existing Illumina- type bioinformatics pipeline, and existing datasets. Our current services are described in section "Content of the services"
2. What are the minimum amount and quality of the data guaranteed?
3. What is the delivery speed of the service indicating the number of samples per batch ensuring the performance of the service within the given turnaround time. The turnaround time should indicate the maximum number of days required to complete the service i.e. from the arrival of the sample to shipping the encrypted hard drive.
4. State any limitations such as minimum number of samples in a sequencing batch.
5. General and minimum sample requirements.

Lisätietoja

The procurement process will proceed according to act on public procurement (1397/2016) and the procedure chosen for this tender is EU thresholds exceeding open procedure.
The University of Helsinki reserves the right to not to choose any of the submitted tenders. The University of Helsinki also reserves the right to call off the procurement procedure in any given time of the process.

The University of Helsinki has the right to decline the supplier for using a certain subcontractor given if there is an agreeable reason for doing so. Subcontractor work can however be used as a part of the provided service.

Other obligatory information

Processing and storage of the samples and the data must take place in the EU or in a country with an adequate level of data protection as stated by the European Commission.

Service provider has to report to us immediately about any delays, issues or changes during the project. If samples pass the QC criteria provided by the service provider but the library construction fails, these libraries will be prepared a maximum of two times without extra cost.

If samples and sequencing libraries pass the QC criteria provided by the service provider but the sequencing does not fulfill the agreed requirements, additional sequencing will be performed without extra cost.

If samples and sequencing libraries pass the QC criteria provided by the service provider but sequencing fails, new libraries and sequencing will be done once without extra cost.

If the data fulfills the agreed requirements, it will be delivered in an encrypted form in a sealed and password protected hard drive. The encrypting program is specified by the customer. Data delivery via the internet is not accepted.

The remaining samples need to be stored properly without extra cost for 6 months after the project has been completed and accepted and returned to us if requested. Data needs to be stored by the service provider 90 days from the delivery of the approved data to the customer, after which the service provider must destroy the data within 60 days and notify us immediately after deletion. No bioinformatics analyses by the service provider is needed. Alternative experimental settings can be suggested in the tender as an addition or as a replacement to listed services. Suggestions to negotiate about technical terms are accepted.

After we have successfully received the data, the final invoice can be activated. After receiving the data, we reserve 60 days for complaints and for confirming that the project has been accepted and completed. The service provider will have 30 days to respond and/or resolve the problems or agree on compensations. If we have not presented complaints within 60 days, we will confirm that the project is completed and accepted.

The following details in the tender are obligatory:
1A. Concept of the service and how does the service provider demonstrate and ensure the amount, quality, and compatibility of data with our existing sequencing data? Please provide a detailed description of the reagents, protocols, equipments, and data formats used and the general sample requirements.
1.B. The service products need to be compatible with our current sample types, our existing Illumina- type bioinformatics pipeline, and existing datasets. Our current services are described in section "Content of the services"
2. What are the minimum amount and quality of the data guaranteed?
3. What is the delivery speed of the service indicating the number of samples per batch ensuring the performance of the service within the given turnaround time. The turnaround time should indicate the maximum number of days required to complete the service i.e. from the arrival of the sample to shipping the encrypted hard drive.
4. State any limitations such as minimum number of samples in a sequencing batch.
5. General and minimum sample requirements.