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NRWAS Water Purification System - Service & Maintenance Contract

Laboratory services
Wales (UKL)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Natural Resources Wales: "NRWAS Water Purification System - Service & Maintenance Contract". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNatural Resources WalesScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Natural Resources Wales. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNatural Resources Wales
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published6 Aug 2024, 11:35 BST
Last source update6 Aug 2024, 11:35 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLaboratory services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0469fe
What is being bought
The contract involves the supply of consumables, provision of maintenance services (including diagnostics, Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), and fault fixing), and the purchase of two additional water purification stations to integrate with the current system and maintenance contract.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    6 Aug 2024, 11:35 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    23 May 2024, 12:12 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    23 May 2024, 12:12 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    23 May 2024, 12:12 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Natural Resources Wales Analytical Services (NRWAS) at Swansea University is an analytical laboratory testing samples taken from sites across Wales. NRWAS provide high quality environmental testing and analysis by professional and experienced staff operating to the highest industry standard; accredited by UKAS, the national accreditation body for the United Kingdom to ISO/IEC 17025:2005. The analysis conducted at NRWAS is Inorganic chemistry, Metals analysis, Organic chemistry, and Microbiological analysis. The testing is conducted as part of the Welsh Government’s statutory obligations set out in the European Union’s Water Framework Directive (WFD); specifically achieving prescribed environmental quality standards listed in Directives 2008/105/EC, 2013/39 and 2015/495. De-ionised and ultrapure water is essential in analytical laboratories. Purification removes contaminants that may interfere with testing processes. Purified water is used in many ways in water quality testing laboratories for instance to make analytical reagents, to rinse glassware and to make agar for microbiological applications. NRW Analytical Services requires ultrapure water for testing water quality samples collected by NRW. The specialised water purification system procured by NRWAS in 2020 for their laboratory at Swansea University, was supplied by Merck Life Science and is currently serviced and maintained by the supplier. The service contract was included as part of the procurement of the new system which has now expired. This procurement is for a support and maintenance contract for the existing water purification system for the next 4 years.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    6 Aug 2024, 11:35 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 20 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Merck Life Science UK Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 20 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
highestValidBidValue: 212001
lowestValidBidValue: 152615
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 212001 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 152615 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Natural Resources Wales

Contracting authority GB-FTS-114454
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  • Natural Resources Wales
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Maes Y Ffynnon, Bangor, UKL, LL57 2DW
    naomi.hammond@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
    +44 03000653574

  • High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079477501

  • Merck Life Science UK Limited
    supplier

    The Old Brickyard, New Road, Gillingham, UK, SP84XT
    +44 0800717181
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleA Speculative Notice, with requests for Expression of Interest (EOI), was posted in November to publicise this opportunity. We received two responses, one from the existing supplier and one from a company deemed unsuitable for the work. As the manufacturer and incumbent supplier, Merck Life Science Ltd, is uniquely positioned to supply the necessary consumables at a competitive rate and has the expertise to run diagnostics and undertake the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and fault fixing. Additionally, the manufacturer can integrate two new purification stations with our current system and maintenance contract, ensuring consistency and reliability in our operations.