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# The supply of specialised analytical equipment to upgrade laboratories at NRS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-supply-of-specialised-analytical-equipment-to-upgrade-laboratories-at-nrs-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea56). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Nuclear Restoration Services Limited: "The supply of specialised analytical equipment to upgrade laboratories at NRS". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Nuclear Restoration Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nuclear-restoration-services-limited-gov-ot1400)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £383,434 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-supply-of-specialised-analytical-equipment-to-upgrade-laboratories-at-nrs-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea56#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ea56`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **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/the-supply-of-specialised-analytical-equipment-to-upgrade-laboratories-at-nrs-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea56#tl-md)

## Description
A direct award has been made by Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Dounreay) to Mirion Technologies (Canberra) UK Ltd for the supply of specialised analytical equipment to upgrade laboratories on the Dounreay site under PA23 Direct Award Procedure; Section 41, Schedule 5, Paragraph 7 on the grounds of:
a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and;
b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
This requirement can only be supplied by Mirion Technologies (Canberra) UK Ltd, as the equipment is required to form part of, and integrate with, an existing bespoke analytical system in operation at the Dounreay site.
Changing supplier would introduce compatibility and integration risks, potentially requiring modification or replacement of existing assets and resulting in additional costs for system changes, validation activities, maintenance arrangements, and staff training. Such changes would also introduce programme delays and could adversely affect NRS's ability to support future statutory, regulatory and decommissioning requirements.
Given the need to maintain compatibility with the existing analytical system and avoid disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance, the Authority considers that no reasonable alternative or substitute exists capable of delivering the required goods within acceptable levels of risk, cost, and timescale.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 31730000

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** The supply of specialised analytical equipment to upgrade laboratories at NRS (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Mirion Technologies (CANBERRA UK) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-181501`
  - Value: £383,434 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 23/08/2026

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Mirion Technologies (CANBERRA UK) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-181501`
  - Value: £383,434 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** The supply of specialised analytical equipment to upgrade laboratories at NRS (active)
  - Signed Value: £383,434
  - Signed Date: 04/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F099502-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-21T12:50:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T23:40:01.825Z
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