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Aquatic Research Facitlities

Buyer: University Of Edinburgh →

BuyerUniversity Of Edinburgh
StatusAwarded
Deadline23 Jan 2026
Value£330,000
Published12 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Aquatic Research Facitlity for Axolotls

Delivery location

UKM75

Categories

Animal products and related products 03140000

Lot details

Lot 1

Aquatic Research Facitlity for Axolotls

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality — 80
price — 20

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 03. The category anchor is Animal products and related products (03140000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 033026.5 median · 28.4 average (120 of 302 with a bid count)6.3 average (125 of 302 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer32 median · 2 average (2 of 3 with a bid count)1.7 average (3 of 3 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM7563 median · 4.4 average (5 of 6 with a bid count)2.8 average (6 of 6 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2617 median · 17 average (1 of 26 with a bid count)4 average (1 of 26 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

022250-2026-EC1081-1

Statusactive
SupplierPlexx

Contracts

022250-2026-EC1081-1

Statusactive
Value£310,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f5a8
Latest release ID022250-2026
Latest release timestampThu Mar 12 2026 11:53:21 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Mar 2026award, contract022250-2026
15 Dec 2025tender082876-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
12 Mar 2026 · 022250-2026 · award, contract
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