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# Fermentation Equipment Servicing Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fermentation-equipment-servicing-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-02bdba). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED: "Fermentation Equipment Servicing Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,000,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: ne1procurementservices.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/centre-for-process-innovation-limited-coh-05002194)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 July 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair and maintenance services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bdba`

## 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/fermentation-equipment-servicing-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-02bdba#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ne1procurementservices.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fne1procurementservices.com%2Fcontent%2Flive_tenders.php)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fermentation-equipment-servicing-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-02bdba#participate

## Description
This tender is to cover maintenance packages including, but not limited to, preventative maintenance visits, breakdown cover, spare parts, consumables, software and warranty extensions of bioreactors, associated analytical instruments and other fermentation instruments across CPI’s various sites.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Ongoing Servicing and Support for Mammalian Bioreactors
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This tender is to cover maintenance packages including, but not limited to, preventative maintenance visits, breakdown cover, spare parts, consumables, software and warranty extensions for Mammalian Bioreactors

### Lot 2: Ongoing Servicing and Support for Bioanalysers
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Bioanalysers.

### Lot 3: Ongoing Servicing and Support for Cell Counters
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Cell Counters

### Lot 4: Ongoing Servicing and Support for Adherent Bed Reactor
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 50000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Adherent Bed Reactor

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Mammalian Bioreactors (active)
  - Award id: `023452-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Sartorius Stedim UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-173545`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Bioanalysers (active)
  - Award id: `023452-2021-2`
  - Supplier(s): **I&L Biosystems UK LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-29165`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Cell Counters (active)
  - Award id: `023452-2021-3`
  - Supplier(s): **BECKMAN COULTER UK LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-173059`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Mammalian Bioreactors (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 20/09/2021

- **Contract:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Bioanalysers (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 16/09/2021

- **Contract:** Ongoing Servicing and Support for Cell Counters (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 13/09/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023452-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-21T11:55:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T09:38:20.957Z
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