Official UK procurement notice
X-Ray Transmission Sorting Facility for Tantalum
Authority: The Royal Mint (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of The Royal Mint’s programme to increase the recovery of tantalum (Ta) from deconstructed or depopulated electronic waste processed on site, a new stage within the existing process-flow requires the application of an X-Ray Transmission (XRT) sorting unit to concentrate tantalum-bearing capacitors. The feed to the system comprises a stream of mixed, loose electronic components and broken ferrite in the size range 8-2mm
CPV: X-ray inspection equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£541,666
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Technical
- Social value
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 28 May 2026, 17:06 BST
- Last source update
- 28 May 2026, 17:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
57456- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050528- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a82bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 May 2026 → 13 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published152 days ago28 May 2026, 17:06 BST
- Submission deadline119 days ago29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts106 days ago13 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by105 days ago13 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 May 2026, 17:06 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender