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Replacement X-ray diffraction instrument

Buyer: Health and Safety Executive →

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BuyerHealth and Safety Executive
StatusClosed
Deadline30 Sept 2025
Value£205,000
Published12 Aug 2025

What is being bought

The Science Division (SD) of the Health and Safety Executive invites competitive quotations for the Supply of the following item to their Laboratory located at Harpur Hill, Buxton SK17 9JN, United Kingdom. The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) Science and Research Centre is Britain's leading industrial health and safety facility. It supports HSE's mission to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. This equipment is required to replace a Panalytical Xpert pro MPD which is now more than 20 years old. Requirement is for 1 x X-ray diffraction Instrument

Categories

Diffraction apparatus 38530000X-ray inspection equipment 38582000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£205,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2025
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Cost — Evaluation of bids will be based on being able to meet the technical aspects as outlined in the specification with the shortest timescale, at best price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Diffraction apparatus, X-ray inspection equipmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 38. The category anchor is Diffraction apparatus (38530000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 386592 median · 14.2 average (150 of 659 with a bid count)3.9 average (171 of 659 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)943 median · 3.8 average (5 of 94 with a bid count)1 average (5 of 94 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056000
Latest release ID048030-2025
Latest release timestampTue Aug 12 2025 12:18:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048030-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-09-30T13:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-09-23T13:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2025-11-03T23:59:59Z
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Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£205,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Aug 2025tenderUpdate048030-2025
17 Jul 2025tender040688-2025
16 Jul 2025planning040378-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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