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Published 4 Sept 2025, 13:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

For the Supply of a Drop Tower Testing Frame - 2025

Official notice

Authority: University of Hertfordshire (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed£0exc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Oct 2025
Contract term 1 moends 30 Nov 2025 · starts 20 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Hertfordshire is conducting a tender exercise for the purchase delivery and installation of a Drop Tower Testing Frame, on the University’s College Lane Campus in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, which you are hereby invited to tender for.

CPV: Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 1 moPublished value£0
Contract period: 20 Oct 2025 – 30 Nov 2025 (1 mo)

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: The Award Criteria has been specified in Invitation to Tender Documentation under the 1.9 Criteria for Award of Contract which the University has uploaded on the e-tendering platform https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofhertfordshire/aspx/Home.

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
4 Sept 2025, 13:14 BST
Last source update
4 Sept 2025, 13:14 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 20 Oct 2025
Authority reference
25016
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053907
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059412 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
4 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
26 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Sept 2025 → 20 Oct 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    4 Sept 2025, 13:14 BST
  2. Clarification questions by396 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline389 days ago
    4 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts373 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected by372 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    4 Sept 2025, 13:14 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-UKPRN: 10007147 College Lane, Hatfield, East of England, AL10 9ABContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsAll Tender Documentation can be found here, please register on the platform to access the tender and tender documentation.

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender