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title: "National Museums Scotland X-Ray Unit"
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# National Museums Scotland X-Ray Unit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-museums-scotland-x-ray-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-03073c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Museums Scotland: "National Museums Scotland X-Ray Unit". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Museums Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-museums-scotland-GB-FTS-22673)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 February 2022 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** X-ray devices
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £153,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03073c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-museums-scotland-x-ray-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-03073c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-museums-scotland-x-ray-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-03073c#participate

## Description
National Museums Scotland is seeking to purchase a new X-Ray unit to investigate a wide variety of objects from across the museum collections (archaeological items, art and design artefact, natural sciences specimens, science and technology items).
The instrument chosen will be a ‘turn-key’ system, either a cabinet unit or a flat-pack unit built in the lab with appropriate shielding. All hardware, firmware and software costs must be included in your tender return. In addition to the one-year statutory warranty, options to purchase additional years of preventive maintenance should be included in the total cost.
The instrument will be set-up in one of the existing science laboratories at NMCC and will need to meet the UK Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 – Regulation 32(2) and its associated regulatory guidance. The instrument will be used in proximity of 13 amp, 240 volt AC, 50 Hz supply, in a non-air conditioned laboratory. Full details are outlined in the attached tender documents.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33111000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Please see the documents attached to this notice for full details. Additional information: Please see documents attached to this tender for full details.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 015654-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Aegleteq Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-54808`
  - Value: £153,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 015654-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £153,000
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015654-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-07T14:20:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:01:47.247Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03073c