Official UK procurement notice
3D Printers, 3D Scanners & Associated Equipment
Authority: APUC Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe authority was seeking to appoint Contractor(s) for the provision of 3D Printers, 3D Scanners and associated equipment for the Further and Higher education sector in the UK. This includes Full and Associate Members, and future members, and their associated and affiliated bodies of the UK higher and further education regional purchasing consortia :
- APUC Ltd.(Advanced Procurement for Universities & Colleges): www.apuc-scot.ac.uk ↗
- HEPCW (Higher Education Procurement Consortia Wales): www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ ↗
- NEUPC (North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium): www.neupc.ac.uk/join/members/who-are… ↗
- NWUPC (North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium): www.nwupc.ac.uk/members/ ↗
- LUPC (London Universities Purchasing Consortium): www.lupc.ac.uk/members/our-members/ ↗
- SUPC (Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium): www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/ ↗
Other participating bodies include:
- Scotland Excel and their associate members
- NHS National (Scotland) Procurement
- Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture – SASA
- National Galleries of Scotland
- National Records of Scotland
- Forestry and Land Scotland
- Historical Environment Scotland
- Marine Directorate.
- Recurrence: January 2029
CPV: Command and control system, printing, graphics, office automation and information-processing equipment · Fusion equipment for plastics · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Laser printers · Printing and graphics equipment · Printing machinery · Scanner accessories · Scanners
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 35 suppliers · 6 bids on the busiest of 5 lots (0.2 per place) · 9 appointed
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Stereolithography PrintersAwardedRenewal
The Authority was seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of Stereolithography printers, accessories, materials, software and support/servicing for the Further and Higher education sector in the UK.
Lot #2Fused Deposition Modelling PrintersAwardedRenewal
The Authority was seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of Fused Deposition Modelling printers, accessories, materials, software and support/servicing for the Further and Higher education sector in the UK.
Lot #3High Value Specialist 3D PrintersAwardedRenewal
he Authority was seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of High Value Specialist 3D Printers for the Further and Higher education sector in the UK. This includes but is not restricted to –
- Selective Laser Sintering printers, accessories, materials, software and support/servicing
- PolyJet printers, accessories, materials, software and support/servicing
- Digital Light Processing printers, accessories, materials, software and support/servicing
- Multi Jet Fusion printers, accessories, materials, software and support/ servicing
- Direct Metal Laser Sintering printers, accessories, materials, software and support/servicing.
- Cold-spray printers accessories, materials, software and support/servicing
- 2-Photon Polymerization 3D printing systems.
Lot #4Electron Beam Melting PrintersAwardedRenewal
The Authority was seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of Electron Beam Melting printers, accessories, materials, software, and support/servicing for the Further and Higher education sector in the UK.
Lot #53D ScannersAwardedRenewal
The Authority is seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of 3D Scanners including optical scanners, structured light scanners, laser scanners and LIDAR, as well as accessories, software and support/servicing for the Further and Higher education sector in the UK.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Please refer to Question 4B.5 of the SPD and Economic and Financial Standing section of the Contract Notice. Tenderers must confirm that they can provide the following supporting evidence prior to award: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5 Million GBP Public Liability…
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “3D Printers, 3D Scanners & Associated Equipment” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 35 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · January 2029
- First published
- 3 Apr 2025, 16:26 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2026, 09:32 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Sept 2025 – …
- Authority reference
LAB1043 AP- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021631- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fcf9Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Submission of Management Information following commencement of the Framework Agreement, the Contractor will provide a performance report to the Authority on a quarterly basis to include spend by Institution under the Framework Agreement for the reporting period. Contractors must provide the information on a quarterly basis, within 10 working days following the start of each quarter. Data must be uploaded to the website: ucsp.ac.uk ↗.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:824082)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 2 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 2 Sept 2025, 14:30 BST
Timeline
14 Jul 2025 → 11 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected14 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown2 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened2 Sept 2025, 14:30 BST
- Notice published230 days ago11 Mar 2026, 09:32 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2025- Status changed to active31 Jul 2025, 11:02 BST
- Procurement method changed31 Jul 2025, 11:02 BST
- Deadline published: 2 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST31 Jul 2025, 11:02 BST
- Status changed to complete11 Mar 2026, 09:32 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £8,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Stereolithography Printers
- Signed
- 7 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Fused Deposition Modelling Printers
- Signed
- 7 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
High Value Specialist 3D Printers
- Signed
- 7 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Electron Beam Melting Printers
- Signed
- 7 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
3D Scanners
- Signed
- 7 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Stereolithography Printers | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 2 · Fused Deposition Modelling Printers | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 3 · High Value Specialist 3D Printers | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 4 · Electron Beam Melting Printers | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 5 · 3D Scanners | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
- Stirling Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- CREAT3D LtdFramework contractor
- Central ScanningFramework contractor
- Concurrent Design Group CDG 3D TECHFramework contractor
- EVO3D LtdFramework contractor
- Freemelt ABFramework contractor
- IDloop GmbHFramework contractor
- Mark3D UK LtdFramework contractor
- SPEE3DFramework contractor
- UpNano GmbHFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.