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BuyerUNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
StatusClosed
Deadline20 Oct 2025
Value£1,700,000
Published19 Sept 2025

What is being bought

The University of Warwick has a requirement to purchase a helium liquefier and helium gas recovery system. Please refer to the tender documentation for full specification. There are two lots: Lot 1 - A helium liquefaction system and Lot 2 - A helium gas recovery system. Please refer to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick for further information. You will be able to download the full tender documents from this site. Any queries in relation to this requirement should be directed to the University of Warwick via the correspondence functionality of the In-tend system. Failure to do so may result in queries being excluded from the procedure. The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) or the Procurement Act 2023 and associated Procurement Regulations 2024 (and as may be amended from time to time) and its procurement activities are not subject to the requirements set out therein or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Should the University advertise contracts in the Official Journal of the European Union, Find-A-Tender platform or other contract opportunity advertising site or platform, this 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.

Categories

Gas cooling systems 31161200Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 38000000Compressors 42123000Machinery for liquefying air or other gases 42511200

Lot details

Lot 1 - A helium liquefication system

Helium liquefier including helium gas dryer and gas purifier with liquid nitrogen pre-cool option capable of liquefying a minimum of 20 litres of liquid helium per hour. System should also include liquefier controller, screw compressor, oil removal system, buffer tank, helium storage dewar and transfer line from coldbox to storage dewar.

Statusactive
Value£1,600,000
Contract periodFrom 19 Dec 2025 to 18 Dec 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Simple description — Please see tender documentation for full details

Lot 2 - Helium Gas Recovery System

Helium gas recovery system to include helium recovery compressor, helium gas bag, bottles for storage of gas at 300 bar and high pressure gas distribution panel. Please see tender documents for full specification.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 19 Dec 2025 to 18 Dec 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Simple description — Please see tender documentation for full details

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Gas cooling systems, Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), Compressors, Machinery for liquefying air or other gasesNot published
2Gas cooling systems, Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), Compressors, Machinery for liquefying air or other gasesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 31. The category anchor is Gas cooling systems (31161200); 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 312,7085 median · 49.4 average (954 of 2,708 with a bid count)5.7 average (1,127 of 2,708 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)130Not publishedNot publishedNot 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.

Price-outcome signal

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.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-059e59
Latest release ID058215-2025
Latest release timestampFri Sep 19 2025 14:42:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058215-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-10-20T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-10-13T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-11-28T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick/aspx/Login
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,700,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Sept 2025tender058215-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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