Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Festo Didactic Teaching Equipment
Authority: Tameside College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of Festo Didactic teaching equipment to enable the College to train its students/apprentices in the use and maintenance of equipment used by local large employers.
CPV: Industrial machinery
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Jan 2023, 12:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Feb 2023, 11:25 GMT
- Authority reference
UID202- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-005403- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039ad4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The College has purchased the following items of equipment:
- Festo CP Lab 400 Complete System including CP Lab 410-1 and CP Lab 404-1
- Mechanical Trainers (specifically linked to (1) above)
- User Licences (specifically linked to (1) above)
- Smart Sensor Training Package (specifically linked to (1) above)
The items of equipment are manufacturer-specific and are required by the College to train its students and apprentices in the use and maintenance of this specific equipment. This
equipment is used by the local employers whose students and apprentices attend training courses at the College.
The proposed system to be purchased links to existing equipment installed in the College for training purposes that was selected following a competitive tender at the time of its purchase.
The College is not aware of any other company capable of supplying this specific equipment, as the supplier is the only
official/accredited partner in the UK & Ireland for the specific equipment being purchased.
The College previously published a VEAT notice to this effect and it received no objections.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITEDSME | £803,795 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITEDSME | £803,795 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of Festo Didactic Teaching Equipment · DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 8 Feb 2023
- Value
- £803,795
- Status
- active
Contract 002414-2023-1 · DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 25 Jan 2023
- Value
- £803,795
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Tenet Education ServicesMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Didactic Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.