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Purchase of a Materials Tester

Laboratory
optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Scotland (UKM75)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: University Of Edinburgh: "Purchase of a Materials Tester". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUniversity Of EdinburghScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: University Of Edinburgh
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for University Of Edinburgh. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.3Bids / Report
60.5% 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: 230 active published awards; 205 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityUniversity Of Edinburgh
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
Published15 Jul 2026, 15:04 BST
Last source update15 Jul 2026, 15:04 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068028
What is being bought
The University of Edinburgh intents to award a contract for the purchase of a triaxial materials load tester. The University of Edinburgh believes that GDS Instruments is the only supplier capable of providing a solution that meets its requirements.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    15 Jul 2026, 15:04 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    10 Apr 2026, 14:55 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    10 Apr 2026, 14:55 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    10 Apr 2026, 14:55 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The University of Edinburgh intents to award a contract for the purchase of a triaxial materials load tester. The University of Edinburgh believes that GDS Instruments is the only supplier capable of providing a solution that meets its requirements, specifically: 1) Measurement accuracy and integrity through proprietary design that removes seal friction and pressure compensation irrespective of surrounding stress as well as the elimination of the need for mathematical compensation to correct for ram upthrust. 2) Enhanced safety due to the usage of pressure/volume controllers as compared to syringe-based or pneumatic systems. 3) Open architecture software that is crucial for the ongoing research at the University that also allows for user-defined custom scripts and custom calculations and virtual transducers.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 Jul 2026, 15:04 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 2 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £63,711
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
GDS Instruments
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£63,711 · signed 2 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authority GB-FTS-2023
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  • University Of Edinburgh
    buyer

    Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH1 1HT
    lelder2@ed.ac.uk
    +44 1316502759

  • Edinburgh Sherriff Court
    reviewBody

    Edinburgh

  • GDS Instruments
    supplier

    Units 28-32 Murrell Green Business Park, London Road, Hook, UKJ37, RG27 9GR
    +44 01256382450
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleFrom a comprehensive market analysis the University of Edinburgh thinks that there is a lack of competition due to technical reasons as specified in the notice.