Official UK procurement notice
202425 5060 - Video Camera System for the Atmospheric Research Aircraft
Authority: University of Leeds (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe FAAM Airborne Laboratory is undergoing a Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) project to safeguard the UK's airborne atmospheric research capability, provide frontier science capability and reduce our environmental impact. The facility is part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Leeds and funded by UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
The Atmospheric Research Aircraft (ARA) video camera system provides important context to the many atmospheric measurements taken by its on board instruments. Currently comprising four cameras - two at the top of the vertical stabiliser and two on the air-conditioning bay doors on the rear of the fuselage - the camera system allows video recording in forward, upward, rearward and downward directions simultaneously.
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- How the procedure runs: Participation Stage Tender Response Stage Clarification Stages as required to progress to effective solution
CPV: Video equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£250,000
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 (4)
- Technical Proposal: 50%
- Warranty, Maintenance and After Sale Support: 15%
- Lead Time to Purchase: 20%
- Sustainability: 15%
Published award criteria (4)
- Technical Proposal
- Warranty, Maintenance and After Sale Support
- Lead Time to Purchase
- Sustainability
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Oct 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Oct 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
202525 5060- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070272- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d882Find a Tender
- How it runs
Participation Stage
Tender Response Stage
Clarification Stages as required to progress to effective solution
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 10 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Oct 2025 → 12 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published362 days ago31 Oct 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by355 days ago7 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission deadline352 days ago10 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by322 days ago9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts320 days ago12 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published31 Oct 2025, 19:05 GMTUK4
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