Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Liquid handling robots
Authority: MHRA/NIBSC·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38)Installation services (except software) (51) Delivery: UKEast of England (UKH2)
Published estimate£100,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Sept 2023awarded 3 Nov 2023
Awarded to Bio Molecular Systems Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase of Liquid handling robot (2 requirements)
CPV: Installation services of laboratory equipment · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Social Value: 10%
- Commercial: 30%
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Aug 2023, 11:09 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Nov 2023, 16:06 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
C187684- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-034968- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ebf5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 1 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
1 Sept 2023 → 27 Nov 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline1 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
- Bids opened1 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
- Notice published27 Nov 2023, 16:06 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Nov 2023- Status changed to complete27 Nov 2023, 16:06 GMT
- Buyer details updated27 Nov 2023, 16:06 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 7
Contracts signed 1latest 3 Nov 2023
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bio Molecular Systems LimitedSME | £100,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034968-2023-1 · Bio Molecular Systems LimitedSME
- Signed
- 3 Nov 2023
- Value
- £100,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase of Liquid handling robot (2 requirements) | 7bids · 7 electronic | — | — | — |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £50,000 – £120,000 |
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- Bio Molecular Systems LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria