Official UK procurement notice
Mass Spectrometry Maintenance, Support and Equipment purchasing
Authority: CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCPI intends to establish a framework agreement with suitably qualified and experienced suppliers for the provision of servicing, maintenance, and support of mass spectrometers, as well as the supply of new mass spectrometers, across all CPI sites.
CPV: Mass spectrometer
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Bids received
- 5 bids on the busiest of 5 lots · 5 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 24 Jul 2026
Published description of the framework
Method of Call Off
Lot 1 Direct Award
Lot 2 Mini Competition
Lot 3 Mini Competition
Lot 4 Mini Competition
Lot 5 Mini Competition
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 5 lots carries the same published figure, £2,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Supply, Servicing, Support & Training of New Mass Spectrometry EquipmentAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #2Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Waters mass spectrometry equipmentAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #3Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Thermo Fisher Scientific mass spectrometry equipmentAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #4Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Agilent mass spectrometry equipmentAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #5Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Hiden mass spectrometry equipmentAwardedceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
What 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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.
- “Mass Spectrometry Maintenance, Support and Equipment purchasing” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Apr 2026, 14:19 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 14:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
3843- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-038628- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068ce7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Apr 2026 → 21 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published177 days ago28 Apr 2026, 14:19 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends143 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by101 days ago13 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts91 days ago24 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent66 days ago18 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends56 days ago27 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published31 days ago21 Sept 2026, 14:28 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Apr 2026- Tender notice published28 Apr 2026, 14:19 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published18 Aug 2026, 16:16 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete18 Aug 2026, 16:16 BST
- Contract signature expected2 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published21 Sept 2026, 14:28 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£2,000,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 5 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 5 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 4. Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Agilent mass spectrometry equipment · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 18 Sept 2026 – 6 Sept 2030
- Status
- active
Lot 5. Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Hiden mass spectrometry equipment · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 18 Sept 2026 – 6 Sept 2030
- Status
- active
Lot 2. Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Waters mass spectrometry equipment · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd, Waters Ltd
- Signed
- 10 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 10 Sept 2026 – 6 Sept 2030
- Status
- active
Lot 3. Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Thermo Fisher Scientific mass spectrometry equipment · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd, Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd t/a Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 7 Sept 2026 – 6 Sept 2030
- Status
- active
Lot 1. Supply, Servicing, Support & Training of New Mass Spectrometry Equipment · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd, BRUKER UK LIMITED, Hiden Analytical, Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd t/a Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waters Ltd
- Signed
- 3 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 7 Sept 2026 – 6 Sept 2030
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Supply, Servicing, Support & Training of New Mass Spectrometry Equipment | 5final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Waters mass spectrometry equipment | 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 · Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Thermo Fisher Scientific mass spectrometry equipment | 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 · Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Agilent mass spectrometry equipment | 1final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 · Servicing, Parts and Support for Existing Hiden mass spectrometry equipment | 2final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Agilent Technologies UK LtdFramework contractor
- Bruker UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Hiden Analytical LtdFramework contractor
- Thermo Electron Manufacturing T/A Thermo Fisher ScientificFramework contractor
- Waters LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (11)
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