I purchased an Illumina system by an agreement with the university of ADELIDE - I.E. i provide all the funds for the purchase. ADELIDE agree the system is mine but ILlUMINA REFUSE TO TRANSFER REGISTERED OWNERSHIP to myself and molecular research limited, The two miseqs cost arrox $250k Aus $ and they have quoted $111K AUS to move the systems to the OK and this is WITHOUT SHIPPING CHARGES! - when both systems together cost 250$ AUS in the first place, see communication as follows:- (please note funds to purchase the sytem came from Dan).
Hi Mike and Dan,
Thank you all for the communication, the MiSeqs are both legally held in the name of Mike Wilkinson and the University of Adelaide from our end, including all service contracts and additional ownership and rights, and we cannot change this to another name or institution without the required paperwork. Also please be aware that there may be additional things to consider and paperwork and charges associated with the transfer of service contract from Illumina Australia to Illumina UK.
Based on the emails that I have received, we currently understand the situation as follows:
- The 2 miseq instruments will be transferred physically to the UK – to an institutional address to be confirmed by Dan
- The ownership and all related service contracts and dealing with Illumina for these 2 MiSEQs will be transferred to Dan/Mobious from the University of Adelaide.
- Illumina staff will need to come onsite to the University of Adelaide to crate the MiSEQs for removal (3rd party contractors from our freight service will also need to come onsite once crated, for removal). Instruments will be shipped and validated on install by Illumina staff in the UK. All dates at this stage are still to be confirmed and can be arranged with all parties.
For this to happen, we will need, from Mike Wilkinson, a signed letter on the University of Adelaide letterhead to authorize this transfer as outlined above. We will also need confirmation from Dan to pay the costs associated with the move as outlined below. Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions with anything stated here.
I have had estimates calculated for the costs (in AUD) associated with the transfer and move to be paid to Illumina, a breakdown of these costs is as follows
- MiSeq Silver Service Contract per system - $15000/- (To be bought in UK by Dan)
- Reinstall / Recertification/Validation ( Including FSE & FAS and Consumables ) - $43500/- per system ( Consumables roughly around 10 K can be avoided if no validation is required by FAS)
- Shipping charges from Adelaide to Europe – Waiting on freight forwarder LFS to confirm
- Deinstall / Crating Charges for 2 MiSeqs – 9000/-
Total excluding shipping for 2 MiSeqs – $111,000/-
Please advise whether you will require me to pursue this in detail and arrange dates for removal etc with our Customer support staff and the relevant parties. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns and I will try to help throughout this process as best as possible.
Sincerely,
<ILMN FAS info redacted>
Hi Mike and Dan,
Thank you all for the communication, the MiSeqs are both legally held in the name of Mike Wilkinson and the University of Adelaide from our end, including all service contracts and additional ownership and rights, and we cannot change this to another name or institution without the required paperwork. Also please be aware that there may be additional things to consider and paperwork and charges associated with the transfer of service contract from Illumina Australia to Illumina UK.
Based on the emails that I have received, we currently understand the situation as follows:
- The 2 miseq instruments will be transferred physically to the UK – to an institutional address to be confirmed by Dan
- The ownership and all related service contracts and dealing with Illumina for these 2 MiSEQs will be transferred to Dan/Mobious from the University of Adelaide.
- Illumina staff will need to come onsite to the University of Adelaide to crate the MiSEQs for removal (3rd party contractors from our freight service will also need to come onsite once crated, for removal). Instruments will be shipped and validated on install by Illumina staff in the UK. All dates at this stage are still to be confirmed and can be arranged with all parties.
For this to happen, we will need, from Mike Wilkinson, a signed letter on the University of Adelaide letterhead to authorize this transfer as outlined above. We will also need confirmation from Dan to pay the costs associated with the move as outlined below. Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions with anything stated here.
I have had estimates calculated for the costs (in AUD) associated with the transfer and move to be paid to Illumina, a breakdown of these costs is as follows
- MiSeq Silver Service Contract per system - $15000/- (To be bought in UK by Dan)
- Reinstall / Recertification/Validation ( Including FSE & FAS and Consumables ) - $43500/- per system ( Consumables roughly around 10 K can be avoided if no validation is required by FAS)
- Shipping charges from Adelaide to Europe – Waiting on freight forwarder LFS to confirm
- Deinstall / Crating Charges for 2 MiSeqs – 9000/-
Total excluding shipping for 2 MiSeqs – $111,000/-
Please advise whether you will require me to pursue this in detail and arrange dates for removal etc with our Customer support staff and the relevant parties. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns and I will try to help throughout this process as best as possible.
Sincerely,
<ILMN FAS info redacted>
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