Lot 1
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Price (20%)
Other — Includes:
Technical Requirements 40%
Logistics Requirements 10%
Training Requirements 5%
Warranty 10%
Added Value 5%
Social Value 5%
After Sales Support 5% (80%)
Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD →
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The University of Sheffield is out to tender on behalf of the School of Clinical Dentistry for 10 Dental Training VR Simulator Machines. The full technical specification can be found in the tender documentation which will be sent to you once you have expressed your interest. Tender Process and Documentation: This is an Open Tender. The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University`s e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield. If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender they must be submitted via the In-tend System, this can be accessed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield Completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system. Closing date for receipt of tenders: 10th April 2026 at 12 noon (UK time). The University of Sheffield is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023. The University reserves the right from time to time to voluntarily operate under the Procurement Act (as defined above) on a case by case basis. Otherwise, advertisement of any contract on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation. For the avoidance of doubt, this procurement is not subject to the Procurement Act (as defined above).
UKE, GB
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Price (20%)
Other — Includes:
Technical Requirements 40%
Logistics Requirements 10%
Training Requirements 5%
Warranty 10%
Added Value 5%
Social Value 5%
After Sales Support 5% (80%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simulators | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Simulators (34150000); 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 set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 34 | 1,545 | 2 median · 13.9 average (387 of 1,545 with a bid count) | 3.2 average (431 of 1,545 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKE | 90 | 3 median · 20.2 average (25 of 90 with a bid count) | 1.6 average (28 of 90 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 135 | 3 median · 3 average (5 of 135 with a bid count) | 1 average (6 of 135 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.
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.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-067581 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 028077-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Thu Mar 26 2026 15:35:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028077-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | goods |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-04-10T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-07-01T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield/ |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £500,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 3 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2026 | tender | 028077-2026 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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