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The Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of a Cryogenic Mechanical Tester

Buyer: University of Strathclyde →

BuyerUniversity of Strathclyde
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published23 Jul 2025

What is being bought

This Award Notice relates to an open tender above the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) threshold for goods related to research and development equipment required by the Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) department at the University of Strathclyde (Contracting Authority). The Contracting Authority seeks to award the contract to a single supplier. The supplier shall undertake the contract for the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Cryogenic Mechanical Tester. The Contracting Authority will require the equipment to be delivered, installed and commissioned on campus at the University of Strathclyde. The equipment is grant funded and aligned to Innovate UK’s (UKRI) ZEST1 Zero Emissions for Sustainable Transport Project.

Delivery location

UKM82

Categories

Strength estimation apparatus 38425500Surface tension measuring instruments 38425700Detection and analysis apparatus 38430000Checking and testing apparatus 38500000Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring 38540000Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments 38900000Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring 38540000

Lot details

Lot 1

The University of Strathclyde (Contracting Authority) seeks to award a contract to a single supplier to supply, deliver, install and commission a cryogenic mechanical tester. The Contracting Authority anticipates that the contract will be for a duration of twenty (20) months. The Contracting Authority requires the awarded supplier to fulfil the below non-exhaustive list of requirements: 1 The offered equipment must be able to tensile/compres/bend/torsion samples. 2 The offered equipment must be have the ability to test samples between 20 Kelvin and room temperature. 3 The offered equipment must have the ability to accurately control and measure the sample temperature between 20 Kelvin and room temperature, with less than 1K error. 4 The offered equipment must have the ability to apply and monitor parameters during tensile/compres/bend/torsion testing. 5 The offered equipment must have the ability to inject hydrogen gas for tested samples before the testing. 6 The offered equipment must store or output data from thermal/load sensors. 7 The offered solution must include self-aligning tooling. 8 The testing rig of the offered equipment must have a minimum class 0.5 load cell for ranges 0-100kN as laid out in the ISO standard 376:2011. 9 The temperature of the offered solution must be controlled automatically using a temperature controller. 10 The offered equipment must be able to export to Microsoft Excel and CSV file format.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality — 60
cost — 40

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments, Detection and analysis apparatus, Surface tension measuring instruments, Strength estimation apparatus, Checking and testing apparatus, Machines and apparatus for testing and measuringNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 38. The category anchor is Strength estimation apparatus (38425500); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 386992 median · 13.4 average (174 of 699 with a bid count)3.6 average (195 of 699 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer12 median · 2 average (1 of 1 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 1 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM82511 median · 2.5 average (21 of 51 with a bid count)1.1 average (21 of 51 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

042235-2025-UOS-33855-2024-1

Statusactive
Value£211,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-049dad
Latest release ID042235-2025
Latest release timestampWed Jul 23 2025 08:37:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Jul 2025award, contract042235-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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