Official UK procurement notice
SEM Picomechanical Indenter (NU-Pico)
Authority: University of Northumbria at Newcastle (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
CPV: Scanning electron microscopes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The tender process was setup as an open tender under the Public Contract Regulations 2015AwardedPublished value£290,000
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.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60.00
- Price: 40.00
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Dec 2024, 19:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
T24/0044- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009406- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c8f3Find a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=926136879 GO Reference: GO-2025314-PRO-29770574
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 21 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
Timeline
21 Jan 2025 → 14 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline21 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened21 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Notice published14 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Mar 2025- Status changed to complete14 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Buyer details updated14 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools LimitedOXFORD INSTRUMENTS UK - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF QUOTATION AND SALE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES - May 2020 onwards | £290,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS UK - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF QUOTATION AND SALE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES - May 2020 onwards · Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2025
- Value
- £290,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Oxford Instruments NanoTechnology Tools ltdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.