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# Universal Testing Machine - ORE/24/072

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/universal-testing-machine-ore-24-072-ocds-h6vhtk-04b17c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult: "Universal Testing Machine - ORE/24/072". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/offshore-renewable-energy-catapult-GB-FTS-19940)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 November 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industrial machinery
- **Delivery Location:** UKC2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b17c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/universal-testing-machine-ore-24-072-ocds-h6vhtk-04b17c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/universal-testing-machine-ore-24-072-ocds-h6vhtk-04b17c#participate

## Description
Contract Award notice
ORE Catapult Materials Laboratory, located at the Charles Parsons Technology Centre at High Quay, Blyth has a requirement for purchasing a new dynamic Universal Test Machine ("UTM") to meet increasing demand from customers. There are current and future planned demands for testing subsea cable manufacturer's cable sheath material samples in fatigue life at increasing loads which are currently outside the capability and availability of the current test machines held in the laboratory such as the benchtop DMA 850. The purchase of a new larger capacity machine is also in-line with the longer term objectives of the materials laboratories to be able to test more of materials that are typically used in the construction of large scale wind turbine rotor blades.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** ORE Catapult Materials Laboratory, located at the Charles Parsons Technology Centre at High Quay, Blyth has a requirement for purchasing a new dynamic Universal Test Machine ("UTM") to meet increasing demand from customers. There are current and futu...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Universal Testing Machine (active)
  - Award id: `003565-2025-ORE/24/072-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Instron Division of ITW Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175791`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Universal Testing Machine (active)

  - Signed Date: 24/01/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003565-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-04T08:30:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T13:01:10.379Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04b17c