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# Balance Calibration & Service Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/balance-calibration-service-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-059942). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED: "Balance Calibration & Service Framework". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £50,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/centre-for-process-innovation-limited-coh-05002194)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £50,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 September 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Balances, Calibration services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/balance-calibration-service-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-059942#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-059942`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/balance-calibration-service-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-059942#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fuk-cpi%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/balance-calibration-service-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-059942#participate

## Description
CPI has several plant and lab facilities comprising multiple Technology Centres that require the use of various weighing equipment to enable delivery of its multiple analytical and process requirements.  Our facilities are situated in Sedgefield, Darlington, Glasgow and Wilton.  
This framework is intended to cover the servicing, repair works, calibration, and procurement of balances used across all CPI Technology Centres. 
The scope of this framework encompasses all balance equipment and associated components, including check weights used for performance verification and calibration. The range of balances covered includes a variety of specifications—from high-precision laboratory-scale desktop units up to one tonne plus industrial-grade balances, used across plant and warehouse facilities.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42923110, 50433000

- **Estimated Value:** £50,000

- **Contract Period:** 27/10/2025 to 26/10/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **North East Laboratory Supplies, Northern Balance Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-165829`, `GB-FTS-165828`
  - Value: £60,000 † (inc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Balance Calibration & Service Framework (active)
  - Signed Value: £60,000
  - Signed Date: 06/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F056120-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-06T11:10:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T22:17:49.336Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-059942