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Published 13 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Metallographic Polishing Machine · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: ORE Catapult (Public body)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£30,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 13 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Struers

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a CapEx request for the acquisition of the Metallographic Polishing Machine to enhance the diagnostic and testing capabilities of the new Tribology Lab under Materials Service: The polishing machine is required to prepare metallographic samples to the quality needed for accurate SEM imaging and analysis

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
31600000 Electrical equipment and apparatus

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
13 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064899
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae22 Find a Tender

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Oct 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 14:05 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £30,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Struers15 Oct 2025 – 27 Feb 2026£30,00013 Oct 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Struers

    Signed
    13 Oct 2025
    Value
    £30,000
    Period
    15 Oct 2025 – 27 Feb 2026
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ORE Catapult

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PYJB-8958-TLYW 121 George Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1RDContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • StruersAwarded supplier 148 Edmund Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 2JRContact name, email, phone
  • StruersAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PPYV-7312-BPBM 148 Edmund Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 2JRContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender