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Published 22 Nov 2024, 12:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

The provision of supply and maintenance of fume cabinets

Official notice

Authority: Home Office (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement2 lotsGoodsOpen procedureMax 2 lots per supplier
Framework ceiling (notional)£782,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 17 Jan 2025awarded 17 Apr 2025
Lots 2max 2 won per supplier

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The provision of supply and maintenance of fume cabinets

CPV: Site-safety equipment

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 4 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (4.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 2 of them
Lot #1Supply, Installation, Commissioning, Decommissioning and Disposals of Fume CabinetsAwardedPublished value£241,000

Supply of up to 26 fume cabinets and associated works

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Service and Maintenance of Fume CabinetsAwardedPublished value£541,000

The service and maintenance of up to 83 fume cabinets

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “The provision of supply and maintenance of fume cabinets” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Nov 2024, 12:13 GMT
Last source update
8 May 2025, 11:35 BST
Award evaluation window
3 Jan 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019655
Classification (CPV)
Site-safety equipment
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04bdfb Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The Buyer wishes to procure a framework agreement for the supply and maintenance of fume cabinets used by Border Force, across multiple locations. The framework agreement shall be split into two lots:- Lot 1 - Supply Installation Commissioning Decommissioning and Disposals of Fume Cabinets Lot 2 - Service and Maintenance of Fume Cabinets A single supplier shall be awarded under each lot. Tenderers can bid and be awarded both lots. Prior to the release of tender documentation, tenderers will be required to sign an un-edited version of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), for each lot of this procurement and upload onto the Home Office e-sourcing portal. The NDA can be downloaded from the Home Office e-sourcing portal. If you have not yet registered on the e-sourcing portal, please do so at: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/ by following the link. Please note that to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation that you are registering , which would be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the e-sourcing portal, please search for the following project information:- project_9653 - Supply and Maintenance of Fume Cabinets itt_1282 - NDA - Supply and Maintenance of Fume Cabinets - Framework Agreement Tenderers can sign both lot specific NDAs in order to gain access to each of the lot's tender documentation.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Appointment period ends
17 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
document
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
3 Jan 2025, 13:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Jan 2025 → 8 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    3 Jan 2025, 13:01 GMT
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    17 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    8 May 2025, 11:35 BST

Notice history

4 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Dec 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 17 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
    13 Dec 2024, 09:41 GMT
    +14 days · was 3 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    13 Dec 2024, 09:41 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    8 May 2025, 11:35 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    8 May 2025, 11:35 BST
Published amendments (3 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DateIV2.2)3 Jan 202517 Jan 2025+14 d
—Dateiv2.2)17 Jan 202524 Jan 2025+7 d
—Dateiv2.2)24 Jan 202531 Jan 2025+7 d

3 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2024-12: 1 release · 13 Dec 2024
  • 2024-11: 1 release · 22 Nov 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 4busiest of 2 lots
Contracts signed 2latest 17 Apr 2025

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Service and Maintenance of Fume Cabinets

    Signed
    17 Apr 2025
    Value
    £241,000
    Status
    active
  • Supply Installation Commissioning Decommissioning and Disposals of Fume Cabinets

    Signed
    17 Apr 2025
    Value
    £541,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Supply, Installation, Commissioning, Decommissioning and Disposals of Fume Cabinets3bids———
2 · Service and Maintenance of Fume Cabinets4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Home Office

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsPublic order and safety 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DFContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria