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Process Sensors and Probes

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BuyerCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED
StatusClosed
Deadline8 Jun 2026
Value£500,000
Published28 Apr 2026

What is being bought

CPI are looking to establish a panel of suppliers to provide CPI with Probes, Sensors and accompanying equipment to be used during Fermentation processes. This tender is to cover the call-off requirements as and when required by CPI. This framework agreement is split into the following lots: • Lot 1 – Supply of Process Critical Probes for control of Microbial Fermentation and Mammalian Cell Culture Processes. • Lot 2 – Supply of O2 sensors and membrane kits for fermentation processes.

Categories

Probes 33141641Sensors 35125100

Lot details

Supply of Process Critical Probes for control of Microbial Fermentation and Mammalian Cell Culture Processes.

This lot is for supply of probes used for the online measurement of process critical parameters at a variety of bioreactor scales. Such probes will allow for enhanced in-process control of fermentation/cell culture processes and streamline operational workflows and should be able to integrate with established commercially available bioreactor/fermenter systems and process control software.

Statusactive
Value£250,000
Contract periodFrom 23 Jul 2026 to 22 Jul 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Full details outlined in tender documentation (70%)
Price — Full details outlined in tender documentation (30%)

Supply of O2 sensors and membrane kits for fermentation processes

This lot is for the ongoing supply of O2 Sensors and Membrane Kits, these are to be used at various CPI platforms moving forward for a wide range of small scale and large scale commercial projects.

Statusactive
Value£250,000
Contract periodFrom 23 Jul 2026 to 22 Jul 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Full details outlined in tender documentation (70%)
Price — Full details outlined in tender documentation (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Probes, SensorsNot published
2Probes, SensorsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 33. The category anchor is Probes (33141641); 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 334,8542 median · 122.5 average (2,278 of 4,854 with a bid count)5.8 average (2,724 of 4,854 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer415 median · 15 average (1 of 4 with a bid count)8 average (1 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)21815 median · 117.8 average (5 of 218 with a bid count)4.2 average (5 of 218 with named award suppliers)Not 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 agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

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-068cf5
Latest release ID038658-2026
Latest release timestampTue Apr 28 2026 13:37:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038658-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-06-08T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-07-13T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/uk-cpi/aspx/Home
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£500,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Apr 2026tender038658-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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