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Published 18 Aug 2026, 16:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-6269 MRC LMS Correlative Tweezers-Fluorescence System

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: London (UKI3)

Awarded value£650,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Aug 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Lunicks B.V

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of Correlative Tweezers-Fluorescence System for MRC LMS

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South West

38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 18 Aug 2026, 16:21 BST
Last source update: 18 Sept 2026, 14:38 BST
Authority reference: UKRI-6269
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-088743
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: London (UKI3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e2 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Unique Work Art Performance; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: LUMICKS C-Trap is the only system compatible with LMS existing microscopes, established assays, and data-analysis workflows and is the only commercially available, pre-aligned platform that integrates four independently steerable optical traps, multi-colour line-scanning confocal, fluorescence, Synchronised force, distance, and fluorescence acquisition, and Five-channel laminar-flow microfluidics within a single system.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

28 Aug 2026 → 18 Sept 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends53 days ago
28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice published33 days ago
18 Sept 2026, 14:38 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Aug 2026

Transparency notice published
18 Aug 2026, 16:21 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
18 Aug 2026, 16:37 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
18 Sept 2026, 14:38 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £650,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 17 Sept 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Lunicks B.V7 Sept 2026 – 7 Sept 2029	£650,000	13 Aug 2026	Awarded

Contracts

UKRI-6269 MRC LMS Correlative Tweezers-Fluorescence System · Lunicks B.V
Signed
17 Sept 2026
Value
£650,000
Period
2 Nov 2026 – 1 Nov 2029
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: Not required

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 email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Lunicks B.VAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PMQC-7912-PDQN Paalbergweg 3, Amsterdam, NE, 1105AG, NEContact email

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 Tender18 Sept 2026, 14:38 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender18 Aug 2026, 16:37 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender18 Aug 2026, 16:21 BST