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title: "Supply of liquid nitrogen"
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# Supply of liquid nitrogen

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-of-liquid-nitrogen-ocds-h6vhtk-044628). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Biobank Ltd: "Supply of liquid nitrogen". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UK Biobank Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-biobank-ltd-GB-PPON-PXGY-4832-TWCN)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 April 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Liquid nitrogen
- **Delivery Location:** UKD35
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £911,210 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-of-liquid-nitrogen-ocds-h6vhtk-044628#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044628`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-of-liquid-nitrogen-ocds-h6vhtk-044628#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytenders.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-of-liquid-nitrogen-ocds-h6vhtk-044628#participate

## Description
This Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’) is being issued by UK Biobank (‘UKB’) and invites tender submissions (a ‘Bid’) for liquid nitrogen.
UKB is a company limited by guarantee and a registered UK charity established by its two founding funders: the Medical Research Council and Wellcome. It is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing genetic, lifestyle and health information from half a million UK participants.  UKB is globally accessible to approved researchers who are undertaking health-related research that is in the public interest.
UKB recruited 500,000 people aged between 40-69 years in 2006-2010 from across the UK. With their consent, they provided detailed information about their lifestyle, physical measures and had blood, urine and saliva samples collected and stored for future analysis.  It is a major contributor in the advancement of modern medicine and treatment, enabling better understanding of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses – including cancer, heart diseases and stroke. Over 30,000 researchers from more than 90 countries use UKB and more than 7,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published as a result.
For further information about UKB please see www.ukbiobank.ac.uk.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** UK Biobank (UKB) requires the supply of Liquid Nitrogen (LN) of a minimum purity grade of 99% to its site in Cheadle, Stockport, UK from 28 June 2024.
UKB have 2 x 50,000 litre tanks. UKB will be responsible for the provision of the tanks and the pip...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 025402-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Air Products Plc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65843`
  - Value: £911,210 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 025402-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £911,210
  - Signed Date: 11/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025402-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-12T11:16:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T06:23:09.354Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044628