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# Scratch Testing Module

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scratch-testing-module-ocds-h6vhtk-06116d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Northumbria at Newcastle: "Scratch Testing Module". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Northumbria at Newcastle](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle-urn-133854)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £49,894 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scratch-testing-module-ocds-h6vhtk-06116d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06116d`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scratch-testing-module-ocds-h6vhtk-06116d#tl-md)

## Description
Northumbria University entered to a contract for the supply and installation of an OEM Scratch Testing Module (FT-ST04) and a Two-axis Microforce Sensing Probe (range up to 20 mN) with a diamond Berkovich tip. This equipment is an essential upgrade to the existing FemtoTools iO4 nanomechanical testing system located at the NU-PICO facility.  The award was made directly to Oxford Instruments NanoTechnology Ltd. as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and sole authorized supplier of the FemtoTools iO4 and NMT04 systems.
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1010206971

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38410000, 38540000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Oxford Instruments NanoTechnology Tools ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175932`
  - Value: £49,894 † (inc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £49,894
  - Signed Date: 19/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007794-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-28T19:05:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:11:11.986Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06116d