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Published 9 May 2025, 14:54 BST
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EVOS Microscope

Southampton Solent University
Education
Microscopes
South East (UKJ32)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Standard
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Southampton Solent University: "EVOS Microscope". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
The purchase of an EVOS M5000 Microscope. This contract has been awarded and this notice is for transparency purposes only.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The purchase of a EVOS M5000 Microscope as part of the OfS Biomed Project. Fisher's product provides enhanced imaging. This contract has been awarded and this notice is for transparency purposes only.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Illumina Cambridge LtdHolds 68.3% of historical attributable spend
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Southampton Solent University

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Southampton Solent University. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Requires 5 comparable published awards
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 100%
    Supplier Concentration
    No estimate
    Illumina Cambridge LtdTop vendor: 68.3% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £131,166Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 2 retained awards
    Methodology & coverage notes (2 active published awards)
    Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 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.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 38):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Illumina Cambridge Ltd1 win£89,547No published budget
    Fisher Scientific UK LTD1 win£41,619No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 38 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 17:34 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 75 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    2reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 1,450 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~62 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 41 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    1 updates
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 38)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
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    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
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    		Value not published
    same CPV family
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    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    Supply of Sewer Level Monitoring DevicesYTL Construction (UK) Ltd. · 7 Aug 2026, 16:55 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    Provision of Technology and Associated ServicesCaerphilly County Borough Council · 1 Jun 2026, 16:32 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    Museum Consumables for Collection Storage FrameworkNatural History Museum · 20 Aug 2026, 16:32 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodStandard public procedureLegal basisStandard UK Procurement RulesProcurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published9 May 2025, 14:54 BSTLast source update9 May 2025, 14:54 BST
    Classification (CPV)Microscopes
    Delivery area
    South East (UKJ32)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-050fdc
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      9 May 2025, 14:54 BST
    2. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    3. Contract active
      Signed 10 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST · £41,619

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    Fisher Scientific UK Ltd
    Not published · Not published · active
    Contracts (1)
    Microscopes
    £41,619 · signed 10 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST · active
    Bid statistics
    bids: 1 (lot 1)
    Bidding dynamics & price outcome
    Total bids received: 1
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Status changed to complete
      9 May 2025, 14:54 BST
    2. Official notice release published
      9 May 2025, 14:54 BST
    3. Buyer information updated
      9 May 2025, 14:54 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    Southampton Solent University

    Contracting authority
    Education
    GB-FTS-144282
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    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published
    Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
    Official Statement
    Procedure rationale (direct award / limited competition)This contract has been awarded as a below threshold contract, therefore prior publication into OJEU or FTS is not mandatory. This notice is for transparency purposes only.