Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Delivery, Installation & Commissioning of a Wafer Thinning Turnkey ITT
Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)
Re-procurement plannedThe Supply Delivery Installation and Commissioning of a Power Distribution System · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Strathclyde has a requirement for a semiconductor wafer thinning capability suitable to receive wafers of various sizes and materials and grind, stress relieve and clean them before onward processing in a power semiconductor packaging line.
The line will allow research to be performed on a variety of materials and processes involved in the manufacture of semiconductor products. This is in support of a publicly funded project that will see the creation of an advanced, scaleup packaging facility for power electronics within the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). The overall scale up manufacturing facility is to be housed at an NMIS site, this sub-section of the facility will be housed in an ISO-7 (class 10,000) clean room environment. The equipment within the facility will comprise the latest technology in their respective fields. It will be utilized in a range of projects within the Power Electronics industry and will be made available to both academic and industrial partners across the whole of the United Kingdom, including other catapult centres. As part of this project, NMIS has a requirement to procure a turnkey capability in wafer thinning, polishing, cleaning - which includes water management ancillary systems.
High-efficiency grinder/polisher for wafers
A Deionised Water Recycling Unit
Automatic Cleaning System for wafers
CPV: Electronic equipment · Semiconductors
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
4B 1.2 Turnover
Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 4,000,000 GBP for the last 3 (three) years, to ensure the University is protected from any unforeseen financial risks that may impact the supplier or supply chain.
Minimum: 4B.5.1- 4B5.3 Insurances Insurance requirements are in line with levels identified in the UOS standard Terms and Conditions. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders can hold or commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of… - Technical & professional ability
4C.1.2 Previous Experience
Bidders will be required to provide three (3) examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the equipment as stated in the Contract Notice.
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 May 2025, 13:42 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2025, 15:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Jun 2025 – …
- Authority reference
UOS-35651-2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048485- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0518c2Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations
2015(SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 29279. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Please see Procurement documents for full details (SC Ref:799129) (SC Ref:807247)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
20 Jun 2025 → 13 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline20 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened20 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published13 Aug 2025, 15:38 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Aug 2025, 15:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disco Hi-Tech UK Ltd | £1,005,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 048485-2025-UOS-35651-2025-1 · Disco Hi-Tech UK Ltd
- Signed
- 30 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,005,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Disco Hi-Tech UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.