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Published 13 Nov 2026, 14:49 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-6297 Cryo Recovery Compressor

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Competition analysis

Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£290,000≈ £145k / year · £348,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 14 Dec 202612:00 GMT · 30 days left
Clarification cut-off 27 Nov 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsends 22 Jan 2029 · starts 22 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement is for the supply of one helium compressor package for installation at STFC Daresbury Laboratory. The package shall provide an equivalent fit, form and function to the existing compressor installation.

CPV: Compressors

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 2 yrsSMEPublished value£290,000
Contract period: 22 Jan 2027 – 22 Jan 2029 (2 yrs)Value: £290,000 exc. VAT · £348,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£289,208/yr≈ 2× annual value
42123000 Compressors

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

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.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £289,208 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How UK Research and Innovation buys Pumps and compressors (CPV 4212), and who usually turns up

UK Research and Innovation’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Pumps and compressors (CPV 4212) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerUK Research and Innovation · all categories
The marketPumps and compressors (CPV 4212) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 1,508 of 2,500 known-size awards · market: CPV 4212 · UK-wide, n=56
60%55%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 199 of 483 known-location awards · market: CPV 4212 · UK-wide, n=30
41%57%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 99 decided notices · market: CPV 4212 · UK-wide, n=5
30 days56 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 30 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 1,820 of 2,914 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4212 · UK-wide, n=84
62%67%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer169 lots with bid counts · all categories
25% had one bid
The market8 lots with bid counts · CPV 4212 · UK-wide
38% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (169) / the market (8) · select a colour for counts
1 bid25% / 38%
Buyer: 43 of 169 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 50%
Buyer: 61 of 169 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
4–621% / 13%
Buyer: 35 of 169 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
7+18% / 0%
Buyer: 30 of 169 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 8 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer133 lots with estimate and award · all categories
47% below estimate
The market146 lots with estimate and award · division 42 · UK-wide
44% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (133) / the market (146) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate47% / 44%
Buyer: 62 of 133 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 64 of 146 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%38% / 34%
Buyer: 51 of 133 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 49 of 146 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate15% / 23%
Buyer: 20 of 133 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 33 of 146 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 421224 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£290k
Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 219 past lots.

—No model forecast yet25% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 219 similar lots
1 bid25%
54 of 219 similar past lots received 1 bid (25%).
2–339%
85 of 219 similar past lots received 2–3 (39%).
4–629%
63 of 219 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+8%
17 of 219 similar past lots received 7+ (8%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £290k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Nov 2026, 14:49 GMT
Last source update
13 Nov 2026, 14:49 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 20 Jan 2027
Authority reference
UKRI-6297
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108076
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Compressors
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bbd5 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via UKRI eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: UKRI eSourcing
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

To view and access this opportunity go to the Atamis eSourcing platform:

  1. Log in or create an account here: ukri2.my.site.com ↗
  2. Navigate to the opportunity in the Find an Opportunity section of the site or via the direct access link - ukri2.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_Contrac… ↗
  3. Select Register Interest (you will not be able to view the tender documentation without registering an interest).
  4. Go back to the main menu and navigate to the My Proposals and Quotes section of the site.
  5. Select the opportunity from the list. Tender Documents for download are found in the Documents tab
Published estimate £290,000 excludes VAT (£348,000 including VAT).

Timeline

13 Nov 2026 → 22 Jan 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    13 Nov 2026, 14:49 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 13 days
    27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 30 days
    14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 68 days
    20 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 69 days
    22 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    13 Nov 2026, 14:49 GMT
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
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Bid statistics
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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

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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