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title: "Cranial Plates Tender"
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# Cranial Plates Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cranial-plates-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-04160c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium: "Cranial Plates Tender". Published status: active. Published Value: £240,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Dec 2023, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bristol-weston-purchasing-consortium-GB-FTS-97642)
- **Published Value:** £240,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 December 2023 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Artificial parts of the body, Surgical implants
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cranial-plates-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-04160c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04160c`

## 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/cranial-plates-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-04160c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D71129%26B%3DNHSSW)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cranial-plates-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-04160c#participate

## Description
Additive manufactured, (3D printed) and not pressed, bespoke cranial plates, as designed by North Bristol NHS Trust, in Ti64 titanium alloy.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33184000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £240,000
- **Description:** Additive manufactured, (3D printed) and not pressed, bespoke cranial plates, in Ti64 titanium alloy. Additive manufactured (3D printed) bespoke cranial plates in CPTi & PEEK could be beneficial (but not mandatory). Plates must be passivated to Nitric...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032766-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-06T12:20:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:58:16.620Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04160c