Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-3610 New Aquarium Life Support Systems Manufacture, Installation and Commissioning
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe equipment and specialist services being bought are the manufacture, install and testing/commissioning of the Life Support Systems for the Antarctic animals once they return to the Polar Aquarium facility at Cambridge. These are specialist and bespoke Aquarium pumps and filtration and purposed designed. They contain the plant and equipment to keep Antarctic animals alive in a very specific temperature controlled and stable environment.
CPV: Aquariums
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Dec 2023, 10:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Dec 2023, 10:05 GMT
- Authority reference
UKRI-3610- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036329- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04230eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful and compliant to Reg 32 due to them being the only supplier who is able to deliver the bespoke and specialist requirements to UKRI. While having the required level of knowledge and expertise in this field of work.
Publisher note: The term and conditions relating to this purchase are provided in the Contract, which matches the Contract number cited in the narrative to this Purchase Order and are specific to this Contract. Where the Contract number is not so cited, then our standard terms and conditions will apply which are available at :- https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/UKRI-090123-ProcurementContractData-2658-December2022.pdf To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=828430740" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=828430740</a> GO Reference: GO-20231211-PRO-24738814
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELSS Engineering Ltd | £147,118 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036329-2023-1 · ELSS Engineering Ltd
- Signed
- 30 Nov 2023
- Value
- £147,118
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Research and InnovationReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ELSS Engineering LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.