Official UK procurement notice
ID 5596417 - DoJ - FSNI - Supply, delivery, installation and support of a Benchtop X-Ray Diffraction System
Authority: Forensic Science Northern Ireland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFSNI wish to establish a contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of a new Benchtop X-ray Diffraction System for the identification of explosive samples, their precursors and unknowns, as well as for use in drug analysis.
CPV: Clinical forensics equipment and supplies · Detection and analysis apparatus · Installation services of laboratory equipment · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · X-ray devices · X-ray inspection equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- AC1 - System Performance: 30%
- AC2 - System Delivery and Installation: 15%
- AC3 - Contract Management and Reactive Repairs Strategy: 15%
- AC4 - Total Contract Price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
- AC1 - System Performance: 30
- AC2 - System Delivery and Installation: 15
- AC3 - Contract Management and Reactive Repairs Strategy: 15
- AC4 - Total Contract Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Feb 2025, 11:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 May 2025, 12:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-021682- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e626Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is. communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: Please note that information relating to contractors engaged by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice, and associated bodies,.. is not published in any publicly accessible forum or publication. This is to protect such contractors, whose security and safety could.. be threatened by dissident terrorist organisations still active in Northern Ireland if their details became known. This is consistent with.. Regulation 50(6)(a).. . The contract values listed are broad estimates only and include additional quantum for unforeseen demand and.. to future proof for additional potential. These values reflect the potential scale of the contract and take into account potential optional.. extension periods and the. uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. There is no guarantee of any level.. of business under this contract. The estimates are not deemed to be conditions of contract nor a guarantee of minimum demand or.. uptake. No compensation will be payable to a contractor should the actual demand be less than that stated.. . Contract Monitoring. The.. successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Contractors not.. delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails.. to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still. fail. to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If. this. occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of. grave. professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated.. The. issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions. being. undertaken by. Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a. period of. three years from the date of issue.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
28 Mar 2025 → 26 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline28 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published15 May 2025, 12:14 BST
- Bids must remain valid until26 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 May 2025, 12:14 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information withheld for security reasonsSMEContract | £165,906 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Information withheld for security reasonsSME
- Signed
- 15 May 2025
- Value
- £165,906
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued.Review body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Information withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.