Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5116 Autoclave Control Upgrade Works
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: South East (UKJ1)
Awarded value£169,950published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Jul 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Getinge Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply and Installation of replacement Process Automation Control System (PACS) for one autoclave sterilisation unit.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Aug 2025, 14:53 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2026, 15:02 BST
- Authority reference
C0295- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100067- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056b76Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Getinge hold the intellectual property rights to the PACS controller and are positioned as the only supplier capable of supplying and commissioning this piece of hardware into their autoclave. No other control system is technically compatible with our existing autoclave unit.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Aug 2025 → 22 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published3 days ago22 Oct 2026, 15:02 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Aug 2025- Transparency notice published1 Aug 2025, 14:53 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Aug 2025, 15:33 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Aug 2025, 12:06 BSTUK7
- Contract termination notice published22 Oct 2026, 15:02 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 1 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £169,9501 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getinge LimitedAutoclave Controller Upgrade Works18 Aug 2025 – 29 Aug 2025 | £169,950 | 31 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Autoclave Controller Upgrade Works · Getinge Limited
- Signed
- 15 Aug 2025
- Value
- £169,950
- Period
- 18 Aug 2025 – 29 Aug 2025
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £169,950
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Getinge LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender