Official UK procurement notice
OPM-Optimised Bespoke Magnetically Shielded Room
Authority: ASTON UNIVERSITY (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAston University has awarded a contract to Cerca Magnetics Limited for the Supply, installation, service and maintenance of an OPM-Optimised Bespoke Magnetically Shielded Room (MuRoom)
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Aston University requires a magnetically-shielded environment to support the use of…Awarded
Aston University requires a magnetically-shielded environment to support the use of OPM-magnetoencephalography. Cerca Magnetics Ltd offer a unique patented shielded room system which incorporates built-in degaussing to remove residual magnetisation and reduce the static magnetic field; and electromagnetic coils which allow high fidelity control of residual fields and their variation over space inside the MSR. This level of static/residual field control is required for the scientific work with OPM-MEG that Aston University intends to conduct within the shielded room.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 10 Nov 2023, 13:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Dec 2023, 16:39 GMT
- Authority reference
889- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036569- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041765Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Aston University requires a magnetically-shielded environment to support the use of OPM-magnetoencephalography. Cerca Magnetics Ltd offer a unique patented shielded room system which incorporates built-in degaussing to remove residual magnetisation and reduce the static magnetic field; and electromagnetic coils which allow high fidelity control of residual fields and their variation over space inside the MSR. This level of static/residual field control is required for the scientific work with OPM-MEG that Aston University intends to conduct within the shielded room.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerca Magnetics Limited | £797,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Cerca Magnetics Limited | £797,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036569-2023-1 · Cerca Magnetics Limited
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2023
- Value
- £797,000
- Status
- active
Contract 033313-2023-1 · Cerca Magnetics Limited
- Signed
- 10 Nov 2023
- Value
- £797,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cerca Magnetics LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.