Official UK procurement notice
Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)
What is being bought10 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNottingham Trent University has ongoing requirements for the purchase of optical related equipment components and consumables. The requirement has been split into 10 lots which are listed below. Tenderers may tender for individual lots, or they may tender for all lots as applicable on the framework.
The items have been categorised into the following list of lots; Lot 1: Optical elements Lot 2: Optomechanical devices and components Lot 3: Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories Lot 4: Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators, and positioners Lot 5: Test and calibration targets, reticules, and tools Lot 6: Fibre optics, fibre test instruments, and fibre processing tools Lot 7: Instrumentation Lot 8: Light sources Lot 9: General Accessories, Equipment Components and Consumables Lot 10: Future technologies.
A detailed scope of each lot can be found in the tender documentation.
CPV: Actuators · Automated microscope stages · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Fibre-optic connections · Fibre-optic materials · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Laser diodes · Lasers · Microscope eyepieces, condensers, collectors, tubes, stages and covers · Microscope stages · Optical coupled isolators · Optical filters · +5 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 5 bids received (0.8 per place) · 4 appointed
Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure
10 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 10 lots carries the same published figure, £600,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Optical Related Equipment Components and ConsumablesCancelledRenewalceiling above
Optical elements which may be kits including but not limited to; lenses, mirrors, filters, beamsplitters, prisms, diffusors, windows, gratings, crystals and liquid crystal devices, lenses and objectives, cells, isolators, collimators, couplers, modulators, antennas, compensators, polarisers, depolarisers, displacers, and rotators, waveplates and beam expanders and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.
Lot #2Optomechanical devices and componentsCancelledRenewalceiling above
Optomechanical devices and components, which may be kits of items or motorised elements and would include accessory bolts and fitting and tools for assembly as required: - including but not limited to posts, supports, rails, mounts, clamps, cages, adaptors and brackets, iris, apertures and pinholes, shelves and platforms, choppers, beam scanners, piezo devices, adaptive optics, filter wheels and mounts (adaptors, clamps, ports, mounts, supports, stands and joints), shutters and stages.
Lot #3Optical tables, breadboards, and accessoriesCancelledRenewalceiling above
Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories, including but not limited to enclosures, feet, handles, shelving, fixtures, and screens/curtains.
Lot #4Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators, and positionersCancelledRenewalceiling above
Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators and positioners as well as the controllers of these components. Including but not limited to; associated base plates, platforms, brackets and adaptors and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.
Lot #5Test and calibration targets, reticules, and toolsCancelledRenewalceiling above
Test and calibration targets, reticules and tools including but not limited to power meters and beam characterisation instruments and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.
Lot #6Fibre optics, fibre test instruments, and fibre processing toolsCancelledRenewalceiling above
Fibre optics including but not limited to fibres and patch cables, fibre collimators, couplers, splitters, combiners, polarisers, circulators, reflectors, isolators, attenuators, filters and terminators. Fibre test instruments such as spectrum analysers, polarimeters and extinction ratio meters. Fibre processing tools including but not limited to strippers, cleaners, cleavers, splicers, glass processors, recoaters and testers, and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.
Lot #7InstrumentationCancelledRenewalceiling above
Instrumentation including but not limited to spectrometers, interferometers, amplifiers, spectrum and noise analysers, beam profilers, wavefront sensors and auto correctors, and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.
Lot #8Light sourcesCancelledRenewalceiling above
Light sources including but not limited to lasers (diodes and other solid state devices such as fibre etc., HeNe and other gasses, tuneable, pulsed, from Thz or Hz frequency and UV to radio frequency) and laser drivers, phase controllers and power modulators, also diodes, lamps and other broadband sources, and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings. Corresponding laser safety glasses should be offered.
Lot #9General Accessories, Equipment Components and ConsumablesCancelledRenewalceiling above
General accessories, equipment components and consumables related to optical equipment.
Lot #10Future technologiesCancelledRenewalceiling above
Future technologies related to optical equipment components and consumables. Tenderer to indicate what they will offer under this lot in their tender response.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Pricing (Transparency & Visibility): 10%
Published award criteria (1)
- Pricing (Transparency & Visibility): 10
- Suitability
As stated in the tender documents
- Price carries 10 of 10 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 24 Jul 2024, 16:19 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2025, 13:46 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
NTU/24/2673/ST- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000673- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04844cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the tender documents
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 26 Aug 2024, 14:00 BST
Timeline
26 Aug 2024 → 9 Jan 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened26 Aug 2024, 14:00 BST
- Notice published9 Jan 2025, 13:46 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete9 Jan 2025, 13:46 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £600,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
- Signed
- 31 Oct 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
- Signed
- 30 Oct 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
- Signed
- 29 Oct 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview bodyReview contact point
- The Royal Courts of JusticeMediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- EDMUND OPTICS LTD.Framework contractor
- PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTDFramework contractor
- RS COMPONENTS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Thorlabs LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria