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Published 20 Feb 2025, 14:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2741/25 Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a High-Repetition, High-Power Laser System

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Mar 2025awarded 16 Oct 2025
Awarded to Amplitude

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Queen’s University Belfast wishes to procure a High-repetition, High-Power Laser System for the School of Mathematics and Physics. The proposed equipment will support research programmes in the development of laser-driven radiation sources and their applications based on laser interaction with gaseous, liquid, and solid targets.

CPV: Industrial lasers · Lasers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a High-Repetition,…AwardedRenewal

Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a High-Repetition, High-Power Laser System

Extensions: 36 months warranty, maintenance, and the purchase of any associated consumable or ancillary items included with options to extend for a further 60 months or until the end of useable life of the equipment.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Desirable / Qualitative Requirements: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Desirable / Qualitative Requirements: 50%
  • Price: 50%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
Yes
First published
20 Feb 2025, 14:26 GMT
Last source update
16 Oct 2025, 12:46 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
QUB/2741/25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065900
Classification (CPV)
Industrial lasersLasers
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
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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, 16:00 GMT

Timeline

24 Mar 2025 → 16 Oct 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
  3. Notice published372 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 12:46 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Oct 2025, 12:46 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AmplitudeSMEContract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a High-Repetition, High-Power Laser System£1,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a High-Repetition, High-Power Laser System · AmplitudeSME

    Signed
    16 Oct 2025
    Value
    £1,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Procurement Office, University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AmplitudeAwarded supplier 11 Avenue de Canteranne Bât Meropa Cité de la Photonique 6 Allée des Lumières 33600 Pessac, Bordeaux, FR

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.