TenderlineUK
Procurement Intelligence
Search
Find a TenderAwarded without competitionTransparency notice
Published 19 Mar 2025, 12:46 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

LU00965 - X Lab Extreme · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Loughborough University (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to DSI Europe GmbH

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The equipment includes the Gleeble 3800, featuring a unique system of LUMet, and Cryogenic Quenching. For the Ultra-High Temperature upgrade kit, it provides capabilities for both conductive and non-conductive material testing as unique enhancements and only available for Loughborough.

To view this notice, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 Mar 2025, 12:46 GMT
Last source update
19 Mar 2025, 12:46 GMT
Authority reference
LU00965
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010126
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ef02 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The University was successful in winning the highly competitive funding provided by Wolfson Foundation for this. One of the main requirements by the funder was an establishment of unique research facilities. As a result, Loughborough will get a unique – the only one in Europe – experimental system that is produced only by Dynamic Systems Inc. (its European office DSI Europe GmbH is mentioned in the contract). No other company can produce the system with these capabilities.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 19 Mar 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    19 Mar 2025, 12:46 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    28 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded toValueDateStatus
DSI Europe GmbHSME31 Mar 2025 – 1 Oct 2025US$2,024,139 inc. VAT—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Loughborough University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRGT-9932-PLJN Epinal Way, Epinal Way, Loughborough, East Midlands, LE11 3TUContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • DSI Europe GmbHAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PTXR-6626-XHZY Tatschenweg 1, Heilbronn, DE, D-74078, DEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender