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RBGKEW1504 - Maintenance of Orbitrap LCMS systems

Chromatographs
Laboratory services
Mass spectrometer
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
East Midlands (UKF)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: "RBGKEW1504 - Maintenance of Orbitrap LCMS systems". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBoard of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens KewScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 49 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBoard of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Last source update17 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationChromatographs, Laboratory services, Mass spectrometer
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
East Midlands (UKF)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0685ba
What is being bought
Mini Competition through a APUC Framework Agreement for 'The Supply of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment (LAB1029)' The requirement is for a five-year agreement to enable the servicing, support and repair costs of two existing high-resolution/accurate mass liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HRAM LC-MS) systems to be purchased in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The two systems are both manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific and based around patented OrbitrapTM mass analysers.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    17 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    17 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The requirement is for a five-year agreement to enable the servicing, support and repair costs of two existing high-resolution/accurate mass liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HRAM LC-MS) systems to be purchased in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The two systems are both manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific and based around patented OrbitrapTM mass analysers.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £119,792
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£119,792 · signed 1 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Contracting authority GB-CHC-803428
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  • Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
    buyer

    GB-CHC: 803428
    THE HERBARIUM, KEW GREEN, UKI75, TW93AE
    procurement@kew.org
    +44 2083325193

  • Head of Procurement & Contract Management, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    reviewBody

    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Herbarium, Kew Green, Richmond, London, TW9 3AE

  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
    supplier

    GB-COH: 441506
    Stafford House , 1 Boundary Park, Hemel Hempstead, UK, HP2 7GE
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleMini Competition through a APUC Framework Agreement for 'The Supply of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment (LAB1029)'