High Performance Caesium Clocks

Official notice

Authority: National Physical Laboratory

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

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

Awarded value£638,362published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 9 Mar 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Milexia UK

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of up to 8 High Performance Caesium clocks for inclusion within current and future service nodes – to replace aging clocks at NPLTime hub sites, and to provide holdover capability to new service nodes

CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: 14 Mar 2024, 10:41 GMT
Last source update: 14 Mar 2024, 10:41 GMT
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-008130
Classification (CPV): Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044869 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The units are widely used within the National Time Scale group and have been shown to perform at the required specification.
Other market units do not meet performance requirements, or have not been extensively tested by NPL to ensure quoted specifications are met.
The units will be like for like replacements of existing units, or existing designs, which is required for compatibility with existing systems, and design for future systems – use of different units would require significant rework of designs and unfeasible.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £638,3621 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 9 Mar 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Milexia UKSubcontracting: declared	£638,362 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008130-2024-1 · Milexia UK
Signed
9 Mar 2023
Value
£638,362
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Physical Laboratory

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawResearch Hampton Road, Teddington, UK, TW11 0LWContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

NPL Management LtdMediation bodyReview body Teddington

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Milexia UK LtdAwarded supplier 378-380 Deansgate, Manchester, North West, M3 4LY

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.