Official UK procurement notice
Ion Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Warwick (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Warwick has a requirement to purchase an Ion Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer. The instrument is required to provide sensitive detection of highly polar, ionic and low molecular weight species within complex environmental matrices, such as seawater, microbial culture supernatants, enzyme assay mixtures, fungal extracts and soil extracts.
In order to express interest in this opportunity please go to the University of Warwick In-Tend supplier portal (in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick ↗).
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.
- No preliminary market engagement: University of Warwick is not a contracting authority
CPV: Chromatographs · Mass spectrometer
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£0
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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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Ability to meet specification and performance: 45%
- Ability to meet delivery timescales: 10%
- Aftersales services and Warranty: 10%
- Total Cost: 30%
- Sustainability and accessibility: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
- Ability to meet specification and performance
- Total Cost
- Ability to meet delivery timescales
- Aftersales services and Warranty
- Sustainability and accessibility
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How University of Warwick buys Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 3843), and who usually turns up
University of Warwick’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 3843) →
How the contest usually goes
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 24 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11% / 31%
2–337% / 46%
4–632% / 20%
7+21% / 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 estimate50% / 61%
Within ±2%25% / 26%
Above estimate25% / 13%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 3843No real estimate
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid29%
2–365%
4–66%
7+1%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Thermo Fisher ScientificWorked for this buyer | Trace Gas Analysernotice published Jan 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Verulam ScientificWorked for this buyer | Matrix-Sprayer for MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imagingnotice published Jul 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Agilent Technologies LDA UK LtdWorked for this buyer | GPC/SEC Multi Detector Systemnotice published Jan 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbHWorked for this buyer | Broad Beam Ion Millernotice published Feb 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Cytek Biosciences B.VWorked for this buyer | Imaging Flow Cytometernotice published Jan 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £37m51 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 21 live · £29m 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=12 | |
| £7.7m50 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 12 live · £2.5m 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=12 | |
| £7.7m27 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £123k 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. | 16% below n=3 | |
RefeynSME | £1.1m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £294k 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. | 4% above n=1 |
| £168k4 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | 5% below n=3 |
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 earlier-work matches 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 29 Oct 2026, 15:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2026, 15:33 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
KC-10-2026-ICMS- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-102765- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0793daFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 28 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
29 Oct 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published8h ago29 Oct 2026, 15:33 GMT
- Today30 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 29 days28 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 80 days18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 93 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published29 Oct 2026, 15:33 GMTUK4
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
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender