Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4869 MRC LMB Gas Cluster Ion Beam System
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: East of England (UKH12)
Published estimate£350,000≈ £162k / year · £420,000 inc. VAT26% above published estimate
Submissions closed 30 Jun 2025awarded 21 Jul 2025
Award (standstill) to Ionoptika
Contract term 2 yrs 2 moends 1 Oct 2027 · up to 1 Oct 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase installation, integration and maintenance of two Gas Cluster Ion Beam Systems
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CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment · Scanning electron microscopes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£350,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Integration plan: 25%
- Issues with integration: 5%
- Instrument Design and Specification: 25%
- Response times to breakdowns: 5%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Price
- Integration plan
- Issues with integration
- Instrument Design and Specification
- Response times to breakdowns
- Social Value
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
UKRI-4869- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029990- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0542feFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
- Submission deadline
- 30 Jun 2025, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jun 2025, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
4 Jun 2025 → 27 Aug 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published4 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Clarification questions by23 Jun 2025, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 Jun 2025, 15:00 BST
- Award decision expected by19 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent21 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025
- Latest notice published15 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Standstill ends27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2025- Tender notice published4 Jun 2025, 16:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Aug 2025, 12:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Aug 2025, 12:05 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £441,1181 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ionoptika2 Sept 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: The initial contract duration shall be for a period of 25 months from the commencement of the Contract. UKRI reserves the right to extend this contract by up to four years in individual year increments from the end of the initial contract period. | £441,118 | 21 Jul 2025standstill to 27 Aug 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- IonoptikaAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender