# \(NU/1850\) The Provision of Metabolomic Analysis Services \(AbsolutelDQ Bile Acids kit and MxP Quant 500 Kits\) for the NASH-DTA Retrospective and Prospective Study

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Newcastle University](/buyers/newcastle-university/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £388,000
- Published: 11 January 2023
- Planned start: 20 February 2023
- Planned end: 30 March 2028
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1c500426-c662-4227-bc4e-453ad40be287-604628
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0ebb6fca-959c-4119-af0f-4e13a243f2f0

## Description

The Newcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute is one of three research institutes established in 2019 following a restructure within the Faculty of Medical Sciences\. Its members map across the biomedical research landscape\. A number of major research projects are led from within the Institute including the "NASH Disease Translational Accelerator" \(NASH-DTA\) project\. This project funded brings together clinicians and scientists from prominent academic centres across Europe and industrial partners to conduct research into advanced liver disease/cirrhosis caused by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease \(NAFLD\)\. Their common goals are developing, validating and qualifying better biomarkers for NAFLD\. Strongly associated with the epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes that are testing healthcare systems worldwide, NAFLD is an increasingly common cause of advanced liver disease that is characterized by substantial inter-patient variability in severity and rate of progression\. Biomarkers under investigation in the project include genes that contribute to NAFLD progression\. The NASH-DTA project has two parts: retrospective and prospective study\. Retrospective study is based on analysing existing samples, prospective study will recruit 200 patients and collect new samples over 5 years\. The purpose of this tender process is to engage a supplier to provide metabolomic analysis on plasma samples from both a retrospective and prospective study using AbsolutelDQ Bile Acids kit and MxP Quant 500 Kit\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1c500426-c662-4227-bc4e-453ad40be287-604628)