Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Colorimetric Analysers to the Environment Agency
Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)·On behalf of: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Environment Agency ("The Buyer") is seeking to procure analytical instrumentation for colorimetric analysis (“Instrument(s)”) and associated services to support environmental laboratory operations.
The Buyer requires a single Supplier to provide a complete analytical Solution Set for Nutrient, Total and Free Cyanide, and Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) analysis.
The Buyer does not prescribe the exact type of Instrument(s) required and Suppliers shall propose their recommended Solution Set to meet the analytical and operational requirements set out in this Specification, provided all mandatory performance requirements are met and the Supplier assumes responsibility for the complete Solution Set under a single Contractual arrangement.
The Buyer intends to enter a four (4) year Contract for the provision of the Instrument(s) together with associated support services.
The estimated demand under the Contract is up to eight (8) Instruments over the Contract Term. This estimate is non-binding and is provided solely for the purpose of informing the Suppliers submission.
- Not divided into lots: The justification for not dividing this procurement into Lots is fully detailed within the Bidder Pack.
CPV: Analysers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£480,000
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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 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 sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Commercial
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £239,836 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How ENVIRONMENT AGENCY buys Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 3843), and who usually turns up
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Detection and analysis apparatus (CPV 3843) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Greater London (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid15% / 31%
2–358% / 46%
4–627% / 20%
7+0% / 3%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate67% / 61%
Within ±2%25% / 26%
Above estimate8% / 13%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1CPV 3843Published estimate£480k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid14%
2–371%
4–614%
7+1%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 1 comparable award. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£379k–£480k
Estimate£480k
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £38m63 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 26 live · £29m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=11 | |
| £13m29 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 9 live · £1.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% above n=3 | |
| £6.6m21 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 11 live · £4.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 6% below n=9 | |
| £7.7m27 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £123k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 16% below n=3 | |
Shimadzu UK LtdLarge | £1.1m12 awards in 36m · last this month | 5 live · £559k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 29 Jul 2026, 15:54 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 16:17 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
P-40115- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097181- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis (Health Family)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submissions must be made via the Authority's eSourcing platform.
Timeline
29 Jul 2026 → 11 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published82 days ago29 Jul 2026, 15:54 BST
- Market engagement67 days ago13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Invitation to Participate in Preliminary Market Engagement:
The Environment Agency is seeking input from suppliers to help inform the development of a potential future procurement.
Organisations wishing to participate should register their interest by contacting [email protected]
Interested suppliers will then be provided with a link to an online questionnaire hosted via Microsoft Forms.
Responses will be used solely for market engagement purposes and to help shape the Authority's understanding of the market and available solutions.
Participation in this engagement exercise will not confer any advantage in any subsequent procurement process, should one be undertaken.
- Next notice expected19 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published5 days ago14 Oct 2026, 16:17 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 8 days28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 22 days11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 58 days16 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 83 days11 Jan 2027
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Jul 2026, 15:54 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published14 Oct 2026, 16:17 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active14 Oct 2026, 16:17 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Oct 2026, 16:17 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT14 Oct 2026, 16:17 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSProcuring entityCarrying out procurement on behalf of the Environment Agency.
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender