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Published 10 Apr 2025, 17:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SINA Medical Glass April 25

Official notice

Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£3,500,000£4,200,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Apr 2025
Contract term 6 moends 28 Nov 2025 · starts 26 May 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The supply, delivery and installation of two complete production lines for the manufacture of medical glass vials and / or medical glass cartridges, complete with automatic glass tube loaders, electrical annealing lehr, dimensional and cosmetic visual hot end and cold end inspection systems and automatic packing units

CPV: Industrial machinery

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 6 moPublished value£3,500,000
Contract period: 26 May 2025 – 28 Nov 2025 (6 mo)Value: £3,500,000 exc. VAT · £4,200,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    None

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
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Commercial: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: Respond to quality questions in ITT document attached
  • Commercial: Commercial submission
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    None

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
10 Apr 2025, 17:27 BST
Last source update
10 Apr 2025, 17:27 BST
Authority reference
SMG01
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014407
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Industrial machinery
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0500df Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: mytenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission not allowed
Access & registration note: Free publication showcase; bidding happens on buyer portals
Submission deadline
14 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
11 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Submissions to be made through myTenders Portal

www.mytenders.co.uk ↗

Timeline

10 Apr 2025 → 26 May 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    10 Apr 2025, 17:27 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    11 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    14 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    26 May 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    10 Apr 2025, 17:27 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St Helens Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPYM-6238-VHLR 4th Floor, Waterside House, Waterside Plaza, Sale, North West, M33 7ZFContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender