Official UK procurement notice
Laboratory Information Management System
Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe MRF currently operate what is locally referred to as a “fractured LIMS”, which consists of several tools that take the place of different tasks of a LIMS, but don’t fully interconnect or interact with each other. This means manual transfer of information, duplication of information across systems, and possibility of inaccuracy to be created. The requirement is for a replacement LIMS system are captured below under 6 key areas (customer management, document tracking, reporting, sample tracking, equipment and compliance). Each of these points is a requirement for the replacement LIMS system, unless it is marked as optional.
- How the procedure runs: This tender has been conducted using the new Competitive Flexible Procedure introduced as part of the Procurement Act 23, (known as PA23). This guidance explains the various stages of the evaluation process. A Competitive Flexible tender procedure enables a public sector organisation to design the tender process to best fit the requirements of the contract and through the tender understand the most advantageous tender that meets the requirement through introducing additional a range of additional processes. This could include the issue of a tender that will be evaluated through the through stages. Each stage would be evaluated against the advertised criteria, reducing the number of bidders at each stage leading to the identification of a preferred bidder and then award of contract. This type of tender allows for a flexible design which may also include the ability to negotiate with the bidders at key stages of the evaluation. The tender you have applied for may be a straightforward two stage tender shortlisting an agreed number of bidders to invite to tender or may be a more complex tender that could involve evaluation stages, a negotiation stage, presentations, and/or requirement for a site visit or build of a prototype. The Tender documents and the Tender Notice will set out the detailed arrangements for the evaluation of the tender for which you have applied. The evaluation of the tender will always follow a similar evaluation structure. To help you understand the process the stages that may relate to the contract you have applied for are set out below: 1. Step 1 – We determine if a supplier is an Excluded/ Excludable supplier checking the Central Digital Platform. 2. Step 2 – Check satisfactory compliance with establishing the completeness of the submitted tender to be able to take forward for next stages of the tender. 3. Step 3 – Conduct the Conditions of Participation evaluation and check if any connected or sub suppliers may be Excluded or Excludable. This will have been used to shortlist the suppliers who have submitted a final tender for evaluation. This stage may also be used to reduce the number of Bidders who will then be shortlisted and invited to proceed to tender stage. 4. Step 4 – UKAEA officers evaluate technical, quality, and social value of compliant tender responses. 5. Step 5 – Price, commercial evaluation is conducted. 6. Step 6 – Assessment of the overall score for both technical and price elements of the tender. If this is the final stage of the process the tender panel will determine the Preferred Bidder/s.
CPV: Research laboratory services · Software implementation services · Software supply services · Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
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 (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Demonstration: 10%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: Technical submission
- Demonstration: Demonstrations (only suppliers invited through to stage 2)
- Commercial: Commercial element of bid (Appendix B - Pricing Schedule)
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 16 Dec 2025, 10:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Feb 2026, 09:08 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
T/JA137/25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083199- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- How it runs
This tender has been conducted using the new Competitive Flexible Procedure introduced as part of the Procurement Act 23, (known as PA23). This guidance explains the various stages of the evaluation process. A Competitive Flexible tender procedure enables a public sector organisation to design the tender process to best fit the requirements of the contract and through the tender understand the most advantageous tender that meets the requirement through introducing additional a range of additional processes. This could include the issue of a tender that will be evaluated through the through stages. Each stage would be evaluated against the advertised criteria, reducing the number of bidders at each stage leading to the identification of a preferred bidder and then award of contract. This type of tender allows for a flexible design which may also include the ability to negotiate with the bidders at key stages of the evaluation. The tender you have applied for may be a straightforward two stage tender shortlisting an agreed number of bidders to invite to tender or may be a more complex tender that could involve evaluation stages, a negotiation stage, presentations, and/or requirement for a site visit or build of a prototype. The Tender documents and the Tender Notice will set out the detailed arrangements for the evaluation of the tender for which you have applied. The evaluation of the tender will always follow a similar evaluation structure. To help you understand the process the stages that may relate to the contract you have applied for are set out below: 1. Step 1 – We determine if a supplier is an Excluded/ Excludable supplier checking the Central Digital Platform. 2. Step 2 – Check satisfactory compliance with establishing the completeness of the submitted tender to be able to take forward for next stages of the tender. 3. Step 3 – Conduct the Conditions of Participation evaluation and check if any connected or sub suppliers may be Excluded or Excludable. This will have been used to shortlist the suppliers who have submitted a final tender for evaluation. This stage may also be used to reduce the number of Bidders who will then be shortlisted and invited to proceed to tender stage. 4. Step 4 – UKAEA officers evaluate technical, quality, and social value of compliant tender responses. 5. Step 5 – Price, commercial evaluation is conducted. 6. Step 6 – Assessment of the overall score for both technical and price elements of the tender. If this is the final stage of the process the tender panel will determine the Preferred Bidder/s.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Dec 2025 → 4 Mar 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published315 days ago16 Dec 2025, 10:30 GMT
- Clarification questions by286 days ago14 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline263 days ago6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by259 days ago9 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent253 days ago16 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published246 days ago23 Feb 2026, 09:08 GMT
- Contract starts243 days ago26 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends236 days ago4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Dec 2025- Tender notice published16 Dec 2025, 10:30 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Feb 2026, 09:08 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Feb 2026, 09:08 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agaram Technologies Private LimitedSME6 Mar 2026 – 6 Mar 2028 · up to 27 Feb 2030Extensions: two individual optional extension years. | £280,920 | 16 Feb 2026standstill to 4 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Agaram Technologies Private LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender