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Market Engagement for the procurement of a Load Cell Testing Machine and Tensile-Testing Machine

Laboratory
optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Wales (UKL15)
Published value
£200,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: University of South Wales: "Market Engagement for the procurement of a Load Cell Testing Machine and Tensile-Testing Machine". Published status: planning. Published value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUniversity of South WalesScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£200,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: University of South Wales
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Published history for University of South Wales. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2Bids / 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: 56 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityUniversity of South Wales
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published15 May 2026, 15:17 BST
Last source update15 May 2026, 15:17 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area
Wales (UKL15)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069a2c
What is being bought
The University of South Wales is undertaking preliminary market engagement to seek supplier feedback on a potential future procurement of specialist testing equipment. At this stage, the University is inviting suppliers to review and comment on the emerging requirements to help inform and refine any subsequent tender documentation. This engagement is for information‑gathering only and does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment to procure.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    15 May 2026, 15:17 BST
  2. Published value updated to £200,000
    15 May 2026, 14:59 BST
  3. Status changed to planning
    15 May 2026, 14:59 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    15 May 2026, 14:59 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    15 May 2026, 14:59 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    15 May 2026, 15:17 BST
  2. Procedure published
    15 May 2026, 15:17 BST
  3. engagement
    22 May 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    We are asking suppliers to answer some questions based on a potential requirement - to do this suppliers must access the market engagement via eTenderWales at the following link: https://etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/97663575019E2BEFD34A
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

University of South Wales

Contracting authority GB-CHC-1140312
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published