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# Integrated Micro-Compounder with Tow Impregnation Die

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-micro-compounder-with-tow-impregnation-die-ocds-h6vhtk-0685fa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Of Edinburgh: "Integrated Micro-Compounder with Tow Impregnation Die". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University Of Edinburgh](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-edinburgh-GB-FTS-2023)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0685fa`

## Before you bid
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- **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/integrated-micro-compounder-with-tow-impregnation-die-ocds-h6vhtk-0685fa#tl-md)

## Description
The University of Edinburgh is awarding a contract to Xplore
Instruments BV for the supply, installation and ongoing servicing of a
specialised polymer micro-compounder system and auxiliary
equipment with two impregnation die. Through comprehensive
market research, Xplore Instruments BV were identified as the only
supplier capable of meeting the requirements.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38540000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Xplore Instruments were the only identified supplier capable of meeting the full technical specification
required for the research programme. A key requirement is the availability of a specialised tow-to-tape
impregnation die that can operate in-line...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 035492-2026-NCA31136-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Xplore Instruments BV**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-180354`
  - Value: €333,400 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 035492-2026-NCA31136-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: €333,400
  - Signed Date: 30/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035492-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-20T09:39:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T16:30:15.033Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0685fa