Official UK procurement notice
QUB/2642/25 A Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a supercritical preparative LC system and associated Consumables
Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract of 5 years, with an option to extend maintenance and consumables beyond this period for a further period of up to 10 years or the end of useful life of the equipment
CPV: Biomedical equipment · Chromatographs · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Medical equipments
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Northern Ireland Precision Biomarkers and Therapeutics Consortium (NIPBT) is an…Awarded
The Northern Ireland Precision Biomarkers and Therapeutics Consortium (NIPBT) is an industry-focused partnership of Life and Health Science (LHS) companies and Academia, aligned to NI Health and Economy strategies. By addressing critical commercial gaps, the Consortium's aim is to transform the productivity of each Commercial Partner and the broader LHS sector in NI. NIPBT will deploy the grant funding to collaboratively develop R&D capabilities that industry partners require. Queen’s is leading and hosting this research hub, as such is tasked with procuring and installing supercritical fluid preparative system within the Health Sciences Building, Queen’s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7 AE. Queen’s University of Belfast wishes to procure a supercritical fluid preparative system that can support analytical method development and preparative LC. The system will be used for the purification of synthetic small molecule compound libraries.
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 (2)
- Technical: 20%
- price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 20%
- Price: 80%
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Feb 2025, 14:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 May 2025, 08:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
QUB/2642/25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024424- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e415Find a Tender
- Review procedure
This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 24 Mar 2025, 16:10 GMT
Timeline
24 Mar 2025 → 22 May 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline24 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Bids opened24 Mar 2025, 16:10 GMT
- Notice published22 May 2025, 08:21 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 May 2025, 08:21 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | Text1 | https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc/aspx/Home | https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buchi UK Ltd | £200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024424-2025-QUB/2642/25-1 · Buchi UK Ltd
- Signed
- 2 May 2025
- Value
- £200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Buchi UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.