Next Generation Nano-imaging Equipment

Official notice

Authority: Cardiff University (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Wales (UKL22)

Awarded value£225,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 22 Jan 2021no call for competition

Awarded to Oxford Nanoimaging Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Next Generation Nano-imaging desktop Equipment

CPV: Microscopes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Purchase of Next Generation Nano-imaging desktop EquipmentAwarded

Delivery: Wales

38510000 Microscopes

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
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: 26 Jan 2021, 09:08 GMT
Last source update: 26 Apr 2022, 09:17 BST
Authority reference: CU.534.JD
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-010657
Classification (CPV): Microscopes
Delivery area: Wales (UKL22)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-028d3a Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd (ONI) are the only company in existence that produce the desktop super-resolution microscope called the Nanoimager and that ONI are sole suppliers of this product.

Publisher note: (WA Ref:119441)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £225,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 22 Jan 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Oxford Nanoimaging Limited	£225,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Oxford Nanoimaging Limited	£225,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 001508-2021-CU.534.JD-1 · Oxford Nanoimaging Limited
Signed
22 Jan 2021
Value
£225,000
Status
active
Contract 010657-2022-CU.534.JD-1 · Oxford Nanoimaging Limited
Signed
22 Jan 2021
Value
£225,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cardiff University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Procurement Services, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 0DEContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Oxford Nanoimaging LtdAwarded supplier Linacre House, Jordan Hill Business Park, Banbury Road, Oxford, South East, OX28TAContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.