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UKRI-5792 Lasers & Components Framework

Buyer: UK Research and Innovation →

BuyerUK Research and Innovation
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£9,000,000
Published4 Aug 2026

What is being bought

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is establishing a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of lasers and associated components. This framework will appoint a pre-qualified supplier base and enable contracts to be awarded through further competition and direct awards.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Lasers 38636100

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 2 Nov 2026 to 30 Sept 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1LasersNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 38. The category anchor is Lasers (38636100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 381,6402 median · 12.7 average (663 of 1,640 with a bid count)3.1 average (764 of 1,640 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer9Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK4383 median · 38.3 average (126 of 438 with a bid count)6.9 average (160 of 438 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)56Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
UKRI are requesting that interested suppliers complete a pre-market engagement questionnaire to help determine interest and potential suppliers ahead of publishing the tender to create UKRI-5792 Lasers and Components Framework. Participation in this Pre-Market Engagement exercise is voluntary and will not form part of a formal bid. If you are interested, please email stfcprocurement@ukri.org to receive the pre-market engagement questionnaire and return completed form to the same email address by 11:00 BST on Friday 28th August 2026. Ensure you include the following in the subject line of the email: "EOI UKRI-5792 Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire".engagement28 Aug 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a124
Latest release ID073582-2026
Latest release timestampTue Aug 04 2026 10:27:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£9,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
4 Aug 2026planning073582-2026
22 May 2026planning047855-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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