Official UK procurement notice
PQ Test Facility Materials
Authority: ORE Catapult (Public body)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38)Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: North East (UKC21)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 3 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to iiM GmbH
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this direct award is for niche laboratory products for the sample preparation and measurement of HV cable materials
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 4 Nov 2025, 16:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
- Authority reference
ORE/25/064- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071126- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05da4eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This is the only option because this supplier is a bespoke cable lab equipment provider.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published4 Nov 2025, 16:27 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Nov 2025, 19:05 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected4 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- iiM GmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender