Official UK procurement notice
Dental Training VR Simulator Machines for School of Clinical Dentistry
Authority: University of Sheffield (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 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 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).
CPV: Simulators
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Other: 80%
- Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Other: Includes: Technical Requirements 40% Logistics Requirements 10% Training Requirements 5% Warranty 10% Added Value 5% Social Value 5% After Sales Support 5%
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Mar 2026, 15:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2026, 15:35 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
4493/YW/25- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028077- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067581Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Mar 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published216 days ago26 Mar 2026, 15:35 GMT
- Submission deadline201 days ago10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts120 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by119 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published26 Mar 2026, 15:35 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender