Official UK procurement notice
High-Speed Spectrometer System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London and South East University Group (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Impact Facility at the University of Kent is looking to procure a High-Speed Spectrometer System for attachment on to a two-stage light gas gun as part of its new ERC funded project.
The Impact Facility has been operating for over 30 years, focusing on the laboratory-based simulation of hypervelocity impact events relevant to spacecraft and planetary science. The Impact Group regularly presents results at national and international conferences and publishes across a range of science and technology focused journals.
The funding acquired for this equipment is a European Research Council Consolidator Grant entitled PROSPER that has been awarded to Dr Penelope Wozniakiewiczs.
The PROSPER project focuses on the growing issue of space debris, which poses a threat to orbiting satellites and continued safe access to space. The specific goals being addressed by the Impact Group will be:
- Developing advanced detectors to better understand small debris
- Studying how debris shape affects the damage it inflicts on spacecraft and ejecta that is created
- Examining the potential side effects deorbiting satellites could bring when they re-enter the atmosphere
CPV: Spectrometers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£115,833
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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).
Lot awarding rule: The final score will be calculated based on the Most Advantageous Tender by combining all the scored elements in accordance with the weightings set out in the tender documents. It is intended that the Contract shall be awarded to the highest scoring Participant. Commercial - 20% Technical - 80%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £231,667 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How London and South East University Group buys Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 3843), and who usually turns up
London and South East University Group’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 3843) →
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 24 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid31%
2–346%
4–620%
7+3%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate61%
Within ±2%26%
Above estimate13%
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Lot #1CPV 3843Published estimate£116k
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid17%
2–363%
4–618%
7+2%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 8 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£103k–£116k
Estimate£116k
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Waters LtdLarge | £4.7m43 awards in 36m · last this month | 17 live · £957k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
| £8.5m33 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 3 live · £414k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
Teledyne UK LTDLarge | £7.8m9 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 4 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 14% above n=1 |
| £1.7m11 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 4 live · £436k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 21% below n=3 | |
| £222k1 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £222k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 18% below n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 14 Oct 2026, 11:12 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 11:12 BST
- Authority reference
CB26_004- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096886- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078748Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
14 Oct 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago14 Oct 2026, 11:12 BST
- Today15 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 29 days13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 36 days20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 53 days7 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Oct 2026, 11:12 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Please register your company details on the portal to view and apply for this contract opportunity at: https://eu-supply.com/login.asp ID Number: 100114021
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender