Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Food Science Laboratory Equipment
Authority: DN Colleges Group (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDN Colleges Group intends to enter into a contract for the provision of laboratory equipment and associated services to enable operation of a Food Science curriculum.
Scope includes: supply, delivery, installation/commissioning, basic training, standard warranties on specific systems to encompass requirements of the equipment and course offering.
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
- 22 Oct 2025, 11:10 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Dec 2025, 16:41 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079484- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d15dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, section 43 ,DN Colleges Group is switching to a direct award for Lots 2 and 4 because the competitive tender returned no tenders. The requirement remains necessary to deliver the curriculum at the NLC new build and to commit UK Food Valley funding by December 2025.
Schedule 5
The conditions in Schedule 5 paragraph 6 are also met:
(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required; and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Nov 2025 → 3 Dec 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends357 days ago1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published326 days ago3 Dec 2025, 16:41 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published22 Oct 2025, 11:10 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published22 Oct 2025, 11:19 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published3 Dec 2025, 16:41 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Scientific UK, Thermo Fisher Scientificjoint award1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026 | £317,010 | 22 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Fisher Scientific UK, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Signed
- 13 Nov 2025
- Value
- £317,010
- Period
- 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract below £5 million
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- FISHER SCIENTIFIC U.K., LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Thermo Fisher ScientificAwarded supplier
- Thermo Fisher ScientificAwarded 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