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Published 1 Jul 2025, 13:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tunable Laser System · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)

Direct awardSME suitable

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF14)

Awarded value£340,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Jul 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Laser 2000 (UK) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The procurement of a tunable laser system that can provide continuous waved (CW) lasers for every single wavelength from 4 micrometres to 11 micrometres. It must be computer-controlled, the user must be able to choose the wavelength. The power of any wavelength must not be less than 300 mW.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible

38636100 Lasers

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 Jul 2025, 13:33 BST
Last source update: 20 Aug 2025, 13:01 BST
Authority reference: 2874
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-050162
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0556b8 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Equipment meets specific technical requirements for a tunable laser system that can provide continuous waved (CW) lasers for every single wavelength from 4 micrometres to 11 micrometres. It must be computer-controlled, the user must be able to choose the wavelength. The power of any wavelength must not be less than 300 mW.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

22 Jul 2025 → 20 Aug 2025 · 2 dates

Standstill ends
22 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice published
20 Aug 2025, 13:01 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2025

Transparency notice published
1 Jul 2025, 13:33 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
10 Jul 2025, 14:48 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
20 Aug 2025, 13:01 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £340,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Laser 2000 (UK) Ltd1 Aug 2025 – 1 Oct 2026	£340,000	1 Jul 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Tunable Laser System · Laser 2000 (UK) Ltd
Signed
28 Jul 2025
Value
£324,735
Period
20 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2027
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is less than £5 million including VAT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nottingham Trent University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLJN-1931-JMHG 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG1 4FQContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

LASER 2000 (UK) LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02695835GB-PPON: PNHH-5335-RRNY Unit 9 Avro Court, Huntingdon, East of England, PE29 6XSContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender20 Aug 2025, 13:01 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender10 Jul 2025, 14:48 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender1 Jul 2025, 13:33 BST