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# Colour Detectors

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/colour-detectors-ocds-h6vhtk-028952). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER: "Colour Detectors". Published status: complete. Published Value: £300,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-manchester-urn-133842)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 February 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, X-ray microanalysers
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £317,449 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028952`

## 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/colour-detectors-ocds-h6vhtk-028952#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofmanchester%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/colour-detectors-ocds-h6vhtk-028952#participate

## Description
We have purchased a full colour x-ray imaging system utilising two colour sensitive Xray array detectors.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Large Array
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 33000000, 38000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** Large colour detector array

### Lot 2: Small Array
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 33000000, 38000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** Small colour detector

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Colour Detectors (active)
  - Award id: `007107-2021-2020-1741-CD-TB-PC-1`
  - Supplier(s): **UKRI STFC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-11405`
  - Value: £317,449 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Colour Detectors (active)
  - Signed Value: £317,449
  - Signed Date: 22/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007107-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-07T13:14:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:20:00.708Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028952