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SEM Picomechanical Indenter (NU-Pico)

Buyer: University of Northumbria at Newcastle →

BuyerUniversity of Northumbria at Newcastle
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published14 Mar 2025

What is being bought

The Contract awarded for supply of Nanoindenter or picoindenter to fit inside our Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM model: Tescan Mira 3 with GM chamber). This instrument will allow users to map surface mechanical and tribological properties of materials and correlate them to structural, morphological and chemical properties.

Delivery location

UKC

Categories

Scanning electron microscopes 38511100

Lot details

Lot 1

The tender process was setup as an open tender under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The Contract awarded for supply of a Nanoindenter or picoindenter to fit within University SEM (Tescan Mira 3 with GM chamber), as well as installation, training, service and 2-year maintenance contract. NU-Pico must be developed for academic and industrial researchers to perform high speed mechanical property mapping of material surfaces (surface hardness, Young’s modulus, compression, tension, fatigue, adhesion etc.), while using SEM capabilities to perform simultaneous high resolution surface imaging, chemical mapping, 3D surface profiling and phase distribution studies.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality — 60.00
Price — 40.00

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 38. The category anchor is Scanning electron microscopes (38511100); 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 382,9932 median · 12 average (1,387 of 2,993 with a bid count)2.6 average (1,589 of 2,993 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC822 median · 11.4 average (38 of 82 with a bid count)1.8 average (39 of 82 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 policyNot published
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.

Awards

Contracts

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS UK - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF QUOTATION AND SALE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES - May 2020 onwards

Statusactive
Value£290,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04c8f3
Latest release ID009406-2025
Latest release timestampFri Mar 14 2025 12:05:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
14 Mar 2025award, contract009406-2025
17 Dec 2024tender040692-2024

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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17 Dec 2024 · 040692-2024 · tender
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