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Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS) For OPSS

Mass spectrometer
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Business and Trade: "Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS) For OPSS". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Business and TradeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Department for Business and Trade. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Business and Trade
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published4 Apr 2025, 12:03 BST
Last source update4 Apr 2025, 12:03 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMass spectrometer
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04d583
What is being bought
The Authority has awarded a contract for a Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometer instrument for the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) via a single supplier.  In order to fully assess chemical regulatory requirements and emerging chemical risks, it is essential to introduce a new liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometer instrument (LC-MS/MS).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    4 Apr 2025, 12:03 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    4 Apr 2025, 12:03 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    4 Apr 2025, 12:03 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    4 Apr 2025, 12:03 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    4 Apr 2025, 12:03 BST
  6. Published value updated to £365,000
    22 Jan 2025, 15:46 GMT
  7. Status changed to active
    22 Jan 2025, 15:46 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    22 Jan 2025, 15:46 GMT
  9. Submission deadline changed to 21 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
    22 Jan 2025, 15:46 GMT
  10. Buyer information updated
    22 Jan 2025, 15:46 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Authority undertook a procurement for a Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer. A full specification was included within the tender documents. Proposals were evaluated in terms of their quality, social value and price criteria. The successful tenderer was identified based on the price per quality point methodology.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Apr 2025, 12:03 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 19 Mar 2025, 00:00 GMT · £363,889
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
SHIMADZU UK LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£363,889 · signed 19 Mar 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 5 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Business and Trade

Contracting authority GB-FTS-142962
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  • Department for Business and Trade
    buyer

    Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, UK
    commercialbpo@businessandtrade.gov.uk

  • Department for Business and Trade
    reviewBody

    London

  • SHIMADZU UK LIMITED
    supplier

    Milton Keynes, UK
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