Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of Cleft Operating Microscope
Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: East of England (UKH)
Published estimate£400,000≈ £57k / year · £480,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Jun 2026
Next notice expected 12 May 2026
Contract term 7 yrsends 31 Aug 2033 · starts 1 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of Cleft Operating Microscope to replace the current device in service at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH)
CPV: Microscopes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£400,000
What it takes to wini
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).
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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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Requirements: 75%
- Whole Life Costs: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Requirements
- Whole Life Costs
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 6 May 2026, 12:41 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jun 2026, 12:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
ADD/PU/EW/25/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-043353- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069258Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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- Submission deadline
- 24 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
6 May 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published174 days ago6 May 2026, 12:41 BST
- Tender notice published168 days ago12 May 2026, 10:48 BST
- Next notice expected167 days ago12 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published127 days ago22 Jun 2026, 12:09 BST
- Clarification questions by127 days ago22 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline125 days ago24 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by56 days ago31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts56 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 May 2026, 12:41 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 May 2026, 12:55 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published12 May 2026, 10:48 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active12 May 2026, 10:48 BST
- Procurement method changed12 May 2026, 10:48 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST12 May 2026, 10:48 BST
- Tender notice published3 Jun 2026, 16:26 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 22 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST3 Jun 2026, 16:26 BST+12 days · was 10 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Tender notice published22 Jun 2026, 12:09 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 24 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST22 Jun 2026, 12:09 BST+2 days · was 22 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
Published amendments (3)
Revised the publication date of the tender (estimated)
Tender extension and CPV classification update
Tender extension and CPV classification update
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-05: 2 releases · 6 May 2026, 6 May 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
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- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender