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Purchase of FACSDiscovery S8

Medical equipments
Wales (UKL22)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Cardiff University: "Purchase of FACSDiscovery S8". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityCardiff UniversityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Cardiff University. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5Bids / Report
22.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 121 active published awards; 119 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityCardiff University
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published1 Apr 2025, 09:20 BST
Last source update1 Apr 2025, 09:20 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMedical equipments
Delivery area
Wales (UKL22)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04fafc
What is being bought
Purchase of FACSDiscovery S8 - Spectral real-time image enabled fluorescence activated cell sorting.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Apr 2025, 09:20 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    1 Apr 2025, 09:20 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    1 Apr 2025, 09:20 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Purchase of FACSDiscovery S8 The BD FACSDiscover™ S8 Cell Sorter leverages BD CellViewTM Image Technology, a novel high-speed imaging technology that facilitates analysis and sorting through real-time integration of image and flow data. Expands the power of cell analysis and sorting by combining flow cytometry data with spatial and morphological insights.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    1 Apr 2025, 09:20 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 3 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · £534,628
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Becton Dickinson UK Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£534,628 · signed 3 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Cardiff University

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1902
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  • Cardiff University
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Procurement Services, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road, Cardiff, UKL, CF24 0DE
    rogalaa@cardiff.ac.uk
    +44 2920879648

  • Becton Dickinson UK Ltd
    supplier

    The Danby Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, UKJ14, OX44DQ
    +44 8009178776

  • High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079477501
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleSupplier has numerous patents for this device and it's software.