Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Plastics Microscope
Authority: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£400,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 2 Nov 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Mitaka Europe
Notice summary
1 x Kohki Super microscope for Plastics.
What is being bought
Published requirement description1 x Kohki Super microscope for Plastics
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £400,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitaka Europe26 Mar 2027 – 26 Mar 2032 | £400,000 | 2 Nov 2026standstill to 11 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Procedure 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
- 2 Nov 2026, 13:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Nov 2026, 13:59 GMT
- Authority reference
C487583- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103757- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07959cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
To avoid constraint of working distance, magnification & resolution required below 1 mm from base instrument, across the full working distance, for free tissue transfer in young children, complex limb & nerve reconstruction & lymphaticovenular anastomosis
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 Nov 2026 → 11 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published45h ago2 Nov 2026, 13:59 GMT
- Today4 Nov 2026
- Standstill endsin 7 days11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Nov 2026- Transparency notice published2 Nov 2026, 13:51 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published2 Nov 2026, 13:59 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mitaka EuropeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender