Official UK procurement notice
A Turnkey Skid Mounted Process for the Synthesis of Polyacrylonitrile PAN
Authority: CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCPI is seeking first stage tender returns from vendors to inform CPI of vendor capability to provide process technology, design and build of an Acrylonitrile monomer polymerisation process under a NEC4 Engineering and Construction contracting basis and associated NDA.
For more information please see the tender documentation, that is free to access on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/uk-cpi/
- How the procedure runs: Suppliers are invite to submit stage 1 returns for assessment and is to consist of sufficient information to assess bidder qualification, capability, compliance and outline proposals. The latter stage 2, of which bidders will be invited to participate pending evaluation of submissions to stage 1 return, will focus on the detailed technical and commercial submissions from shortlisted bidders.
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished valueAED 1,000,000
- Value
- AED 1,000,000 exc. VAT · AED 1,200,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- 1 additional 12 month extension option
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 (4)
- Technical Capability — 30%
- Outline Delivery Approach — 20%
- Reference Projects — 20%
- Price — 30%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED buys Laboratory, optical and precision (CPV 38) — and who usually turns up
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Laboratory, optical and precision (CPV 38) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED
contract notices in 36 months: 7 in division 38 (1 without competition · 1 route not published) · 32 in all categories (7 without competition · 3 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 7 lots. All 7 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 7 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 4 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 107 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 6 notices.
North East England · Laboratory, optical and precision (CPV 38)
contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 51 in division 38 (27 competed, 9 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 9 lots. 4 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 9 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 3 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 6 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 38), last 36 months: 20 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on 4 lots, so only the direction is shown, not a pound figure.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infors UK Ltd SME | 6 class wins · 6 lots for this buyer | 18 months ago | no comparable pairs | 65% |
| Heinrich Frings GmbH & Co. KG SME | 3 class wins · 3 lots for this buyer | 44 months ago | no comparable pairs | 61% |
| North England Laboratory Supplies SME | 5 class wins · 24 lots for this buyer | 1 months ago | no comparable pairs | 60% |
| Sartorius Stedim UK Ltd SME | 8 class wins · 8 lots for this buyer | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 58% |
| SciQuip Ltd SME | 15 class wins · 7 lots for this buyer | this month | 41% below n=1 | 54% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for expressions of interest
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 15:42 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 15:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
3948- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778e0Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
- 30 Days - Monthly Valuations as per NEC4
- How it runs
- Suppliers are invite to submit stage 1 returns for assessment and is to consist of sufficient information to assess bidder qualification, capability, compliance and outline proposals. The latter stage 2, of which bidders will be invited to participate pending evaluation of submissions to stage 1 return, will focus on the detailed technical and commercial submissions from shortlisted bidders.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published3 days ago23 Sept 2026, 15:42 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 30 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 30 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 120 days25 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 121 days25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 15:42 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender