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Published 5 Jan 2024, 12:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-3479 MRC LMB Light Sheet Microscope

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£580,000≈ £193k / year12.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 6 Feb 2024awarded 11 Apr 2024
Awarded to Viventis Microscopy Sarl
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 20 Mar 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of Light Sheet Microscope

CPV: Microscopes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrs
Contract period: 20 Mar 2024 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs)
Delivery: East of England · Cambridgeshire CC
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80%
  • Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Jan 2024, 12:06 GMT
Last source update
7 May 2024, 16:05 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Feb 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014552
Classification (CPV)
Microscopes
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042aed Find a Tender

Publisher note: Procurement Contract Transparency Data: Redacted contract documents will be made available within the next 30 days on the UKRI website at: https://www.ukri.org/about-us/procurement-contract-transparency-data/ To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=860286533 GO Reference: GO-202457-PRO-25971980

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
6 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
1080 days from the deadline
Bids opened
7 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Feb 2024 → 7 May 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    7 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    20 Mar 2024
  4. Notice published
    7 May 2024, 16:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 May 2024, 16:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £510,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Viventis Microscopy SarlSME£510,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • UKRI-3479 MRC LMB Light Sheet Microscope · Viventis Microscopy SarlSME

    Signed
    11 Apr 2024
    Value
    £510,000
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research and Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch UK Research & Innovation, Polaris House, Swindon, Swindon, East of England, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • UK Research & InnovationReview body SwindonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.