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Provision of Helium BiPS

For laboratory use
Gas cylinders
Northern Ireland (UKN0F)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: DoJ Forensic Science Northern Ireland: "Provision of Helium BiPS". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDoJ Forensic Science Northern IrelandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for DoJ Forensic Science Northern Ireland. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDoJ Forensic Science Northern Ireland
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published13 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
Last source update13 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFor laboratory use, Gas cylinders
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0F)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-048a47
What is being bought
This Direct Award Contract is to cover expenditure for the supply of cylinders of helium gas with a Built In Purification System (BIPS) for use with an instrumentation set up in a number of labs across FSNI which demands high purity helium in order to avoid unnecessary maintenance, repair and down time.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    13 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    13 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This Direct Award Contract is to cover expenditure for the supply of cylinders of helium gas with a Built In Purification System (BIPS) for use with an instrumentation set up in a number of labs across FSNI which demands high purity helium in order to avoid unnecessary maintenance, repair and down time.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    13 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 9 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST · £180,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
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Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Provision of Helium BiPS
£180,000 · signed 9 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

DoJ Forensic Science Northern Ireland

Contracting authority GB-FTS-121399
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  • DoJ Forensic Science Northern Ireland
    buyer
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    c/o Construction Procurement Delivery, Clare House, 303 Airport Road West, Belfast, UKN0F, BT3 9ED
    justice.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk

  • As per Regulation 50(6)(a) - information withheld for security reasons
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    GB-COH: As per Regulation 50(6)(a) - information withheld for security reasons
    As per Regulation 50(6)(a) - information withheld for security reasons, UK

  • See VI.4.3 / Review procedure
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    See VI.4.3 / Review procedure
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleFSNI tested the market for Helium with BIPS in 2013 when they tendered for the Supply & Delivery of Gases, this product had to be removed from the tender specification as no other supplier was permitted to supply Helium BIPS which only the appointed contractor can supply. Horizon scanning has continued since then to understand whether there may be an alternative in provision that could provide the same level of purity required and recent market sounding has confirmed that there remains no alternative to the patented product offered by the appointed contractor. BIPS cylinders are exclusive to the appointed contractor, who developed and own the Built In Purification System. The appointed contractor have this system patented, therefore no other supplier can offer the same or similar products in UK or Ireland. Further research (2023/24) in the market has confirmed that the appointed contractor remains the only provider capable of providing high purity helium.