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Published 8 Jan 2026, 16:44 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5598 MRC Maintenance of Specialised Laboratory Equipment

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: East of England (UKH12)
Awarded value£234,320published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 8 Jan 2026no call for competition
Awarded to IWT Pharma (Techniplast UK Limited), Tecniplast UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKRI MRC have selected a supplier to provide maintenance services for research laboratory equipment.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: East of England
50430000 Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment

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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Jan 2026, 16:44 GMT
Last source update
2 Feb 2026, 11:30 GMT
Authority reference
UKRI-5598
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008864
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06023d Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The requirement is for servicing and maintenance of specialised laboratory equipment which can only be maintained by Tecniplast and therefore competition is absent for technical reasons.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

28 Jan 2026 → 2 Feb 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends271 days ago
    28 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published267 days ago
    2 Feb 2026, 11:30 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jan 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    8 Jan 2026, 16:44 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    19 Jan 2026, 10:39 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    2 Feb 2026, 11:30 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £234,3201 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jan 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
IWT Pharma (Techniplast UK Limited), Tecniplast UK Limitedjoint award2 Feb 2026 – 31 Dec 2030£234,3208 Jan 2026Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Techniplast UK LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PJXZ-5642-HYLN BCM Box 3058, London, London, WC1N 3XXContact email
  • Tecniplast UK LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03243587 BCM Box 3058, London,, London, WC1N 3XXContact email, phone

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 Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender