Dual Channel ICS-6000 System & Two Vanquish Core HPLC

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£190,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 26 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd t/a Thermo Fisher Scientific

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purchase comprises a Dual Channel ICS-6000 System & Two Vanquish Core HPLC to enhance ongoing research output and for clinical use.

CPV: Chromatographs

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Scotland · Edinburgh Imaging, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Apr 2025, 15:21 BST
Last source update: 9 Apr 2025, 15:21 BST
Authority reference: NCA31102
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-014036
Classification (CPV): Chromatographs
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ffdd Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Edinburgh Imaging requires to purchase 2 x Thermo instruments to replace obsolete equipment. The new instruments are required to integrate with existing equipment, processes and procedures and to mitigate against downtime, loss of essential clinical research production and service. EI is a government-regulated facility that requires to purchase the instruments to integrate with existing equipment and processes that have been validated. As such, only one supplier can meet the requirement.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:794884)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £190,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd t/a Thermo Fisher Scientific	£190,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 014036-2025-NCA31102-1 · Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd t/a Thermo Fisher Scientific
Signed
26 Mar 2025
Value
£190,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITEDAwarded supplier STAFFORD HOUSE, Boundary Way, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, UK, HP2 7GE

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.