OPPORTUNITY:

UTS is seeking to establish a contract for the provision of supply and ongoing services of any, any combination or all suite of Analytical and Quality Control (QC) Equipment, subject to UTS final selection. The instruments are required to ensure the high-quality production of RNA products in the UTS Biologics Innovation Facility (BIF) as defined in the Statement of Requirement of this RFQ. The successful respondent/s is/are also expected to provide supporting services, in coordination with UTS, in a timely manner to ensure sufficient uptime of the equipment.

UTS is seeking competitive offers, including bundle deals consideration for any, any combination or whole suite of the following instruments, subject to UTS final selection:

•  Osmometer
•  Dynamic Light Scatterer
•  Nanodrop Spectrophotometer
•  Fragment Analyzer
•  Platereader
•  RT-PCR
•  Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography [U-HPLC]
•  Endotoxin tester
•  Gel Electrophoresis System

RFT OBJECTIVES:

The objectives for this acquisition are:

•  Ensuring safety of UTS staff/students, enhancing efficiencies and delivering quality of service to UTS.
•  Ensure the best overall value for money outcome for UTS. This includes assessment of both compliance with mandatory requirements and performance against weighted evaluation criteria and reduction the total life cost of the system and associated deliverables;
•  To secure professional ongoing warranty, maintenance and other support services for the Systems.
•  Effective management of risks;
•  Compliance with all applicable laws, standards, codes, and policies;
•  On time delivery.

CLOSING DATE AND TIME:

Submissions must be fully received by 14:00 AEST Tuesday 4 November 2025.

UTS is not bound to accept the lowest priced (bundle) submission or any part of a submission and reserves the right to conduct the Request for Quote process and select the successful respondent(s) as it sees fit. Late, verbal, faxed, mailed, or emailed submissions will not be accepted.

ENQUIRIES:

Enquiries should be made via the online forum . Enquiries for this RFQ close at COB, AEST on Wednesday 29 October 2025. UTS staff are unable to respond to verbal or email enquiries in relation to this RFQ any attempt from the market to do so will be redirected to Online Forum.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS:

Completed responses are to be submitted via the electronic tender box before the nominated cut-off date and time. Submission upload that commences before the cut-off time, but is completed after the cut-off time will be deemed unsuccessful by the system. Ensure sufficient time for the submission upload in regard to the internet speed, the file/s size, and other respondent's system/s protocols. Respondents will receive a Successful Submission Receipt timed and dated upon completion.