Norway – Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) – 1105601 UiO Life Sciences user equipment. K970.08 NGS Workflow Automation Platform

Statsbygg constructs the new Life Sciences Building (LVB) for the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Research and South-East Health as the co-contracting authority. The building shall be the workplace for approx. 1,600 employees and 1,600 students. Start up for the excavation and ground work was the second quarter of 2019 and the planned completion is at the end of 2026. Various professional environments shall work multi-disciplinary here to develop new solutions for major challenges within health and sustainability with access to the best and most modern equipment required to carry out world class research, teaching and innovation. The University of Oslo intends to procure 1 NGS Workflow automation platform for the Life Science Building. The instrument shall offer automated, high-capacity and standardised next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation, and support a broad range of validated workflows for commonly used applications, including whole-genome sequencing, RNA sequencing, targeted sequencing, exome capture and long-read sequencing library preparation. In addition the instrument shall facilitate the development and implementation of new workflows, such as single-cell sequencing and new applications within long-read sequencing.