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Preliminary Market Engagement - Radio Frequency (RF) Test & Measurement Equipment

Buyer: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College →

BuyerRoyal Holloway and Bedford New College
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£2,000,000
Published12 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Royal Holloway, University of London wishes to conduct pre-market engagement with potential providers for the potential provision of future RF Testing and Measurement Equipment requirements for the University’s Radio Frequency (RF) test and measurement suite over the next five years. Please download Pre-Market Engagement documents from Mercell e-tendering portal for further details.

Delivery location

UKJ25, GB

Categories

Electronic equipment 31710000Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring 38540000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0000

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 9 Oct 2026 to 8 Oct 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0000Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring, Electronic equipmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 31. The category anchor is Electronic equipment (31710000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 311,8055 median · 57.9 average (562 of 1,805 with a bid count)5.7 average (668 of 1,805 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ2531.5 median · 1.5 average (2 of 3 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 3 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)105Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=106013&TID=100111129&B=engagement26 Jun 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b40a
Latest release ID055687-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jun 12 2026 12:02:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£2,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Jun 2026planning055687-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
12 Jun 2026 · 055687-2026 · planning
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