Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Lab Consumables
Authority: CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCPI is currently seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to support our laboratory operations through the provision of a comprehensive range of laboratory consumables. This includes, but is not limited to, general laboratory plasticware, chemicals, glassware, specialist laboratory consumables, analytical consumables, and associated laboratory supplies. The aim is to establish reliable partnerships that can ensure consistent product quality, supply continuity, and timely delivery across all CPI sites.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 7 Feb 2035, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Chemical products · Laboratory glassware · Laboratory pipettes and accessories · Laboratory reagents · Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 3 yrs 1 mo · up to 8 yrs 1 mo from 9 Feb 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 7 Mar 2035
Published description of the framework
Direct Award/Mini Competition
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1General Laboratory ConsumablesRenewalPublished value£0
The scope may include, but is not limited to, laboratory glassware, reagent bottles, beakers, flasks, measuring cylinders, sample containers, filtration products and apparatus, tubes, vials, microplates, centrifuge tubes, storage containers, laboratory plastics, sterile consumables, analytical consumables, and other associated laboratory supplies.
Lot #2Laboratory Chemicals and ReagentsRenewalPublished value£0
CPI will require a range of laboratory chemicals, reagents, and associated products to support laboratory testing, analytical activities, and research operations across multiple sites.
This will include chemicals and reagents commonly used in routine laboratory operations and specialist applications. The scope may cover items such as solvents, buffers, media, acids, alkalis, analytical standards, calibration materials, biological reagents, stains, indicators, and other laboratory-grade chemicals and reagents.
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 sub-criteria (4)
- Lead Times: 10%
- Account Management and Support Services: 15%
- Accuracy and Quality: 15%
- Price: 60%
Published award criteria (4)
- Lead Times
- Account Management and Support Services
- Accuracy and Quality
- Price
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Supply of Lab Consumables” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED buys Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware (CPV 3379), and who usually turns up
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware (CPV 3379) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
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.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 74 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.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid21% / 0%
2–355% / 0%
4–621% / 22%
7+3% / 78%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “2336a - Ongoing Supply of Lab Consumables” of this authority, but none of the 7 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1General Laboratory ConsumablesCPV 3379No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 469 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–321%
4–631%
7+37%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkay Laboratory Products UK LtdEarlier contract | 2336a - Ongoing Supply of Lab Consumablesnotice published Feb 2023 | Glassware and Plastics | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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.
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2Laboratory Chemicals and ReagentsCPV 3369No real estimate
This lot is listed as CPV 3369. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 38 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid29%
2–332%
4–616%
7+24%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Elkay Laboratory Products UK LtdEarlier contract | 2336a - Ongoing Supply of Lab Consumablesnotice published Feb 2023 | Glassware and Plastics | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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.
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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 earlier-work matches 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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
67% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
67% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (67% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
2336a - Ongoing Supply of Lab Consumables, winner not published; no contract end date published.
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 admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 7 Feb 2035
- First published
- 28 Oct 2026, 16:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2026, 16:18 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
3884- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-102262- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0792c4Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Oct 2026 → 9 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published3h ago28 Oct 2026, 16:18 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 35 days · period end, not a bid countdown2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 85 days21 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 103 days9 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 Oct 2026, 16:18 GMTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender