Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of a Nanoparticle Flow Cytometer
Authority: MHRA/NIBSC·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Agency is looking for a nanoparticle flow cytometer capable of detecting biological particles such as extracellular vesicles, lipid nanoparticles, viruses and other biological nanoparticles when fluorescently labelled or not.
CPV: Installation services of laboratory equipment · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£185,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 65%
- Commercial: 25%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Social Value: 10%
- Technical: 65%
- Commercial: 25%
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 16 Apr 2024, 14:10 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2024, 11:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 May 2024 – …
- Authority reference
C244466- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-025381- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0452acFind a Tender
Publisher note: This procurement exercise is being run via the Health Family ‘Atamis’ e-tendering<br/>portal: Welcome (site.com)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 20 May 2024, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 May 2024, 10:00 BST
Timeline
20 May 2024 → 12 Aug 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline20 May 2024, 10:00 BST
- Bids opened20 May 2024, 10:00 BST
- Notice published12 Aug 2024, 11:07 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Aug 2024- Status changed to complete12 Aug 2024, 11:07 BST
- Buyer details updated12 Aug 2024, 11:07 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckman Coulter United Kingdom Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025381-2024-1 · Beckman Coulter United Kingdom Limited
- Signed
- 2 Aug 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Agency is looking for a nanoparticle flow cytometer capable of detecting… | 2bids | — | — | £200,000 – £280,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £200,000 – £280,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- MHRAContracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeHealth
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BECKMAN COULTER UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria