Official UK procurement notice
Supply & Installation of a Thin Section Scanner (TSS)
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply & Installation of a thin section scanner for the full digital capture of geological thin sections using multiple illumination types (both transmitted and reflected light, polarised and cross polarised), capable of a high-throughput (tens of sections per day) with a multi-sample holder (at least 100 sections) with automated unsupervised operation.
CPV: Instruments for checking physical characteristics
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished 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)
- Desirable Technical Compliance: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price: 30
- Desirable Technical Compliance: 60
- Social Value: 10
- 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Sept 2024, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2024, 14:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Oct 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-036732- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049859Find a Tender
Publisher note: Procurement Transparency Data: Redacted contract documents will be made available within the next 30 days, on the UKRI website at: https://www.ukri.org/about-us/procurement-contract-transparency-data/ To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=902577736 GO Reference: GO-20241113-PRO-28485540
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 10 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST
Timeline
10 Oct 2024 → 20 Nov 2024 · 4 dates- Bids opened10 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline17 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST
- Notice published13 Nov 2024, 14:05 GMT
- Contract starts20 Nov 2024
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2024- Deadline moved to 17 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST8 Oct 2024, 19:05 BST+7 days · was 10 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST
- Status changed to complete13 Nov 2024, 14:05 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 · IV.2.2 | 10 Oct 2024 | 17 Oct 2024 | +7 d |
Tender submission deadline date extended from 10th October 14:00 to 17th October 14:00 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Keyworth:-Instruments-for-checking-physical-characteristics./PUE6A59UG5 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/PUE6A59UG5 …
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metprep LimitedSME | £369,024 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036732-2024-1 · Metprep LimitedSME
- Signed
- 29 Oct 2024
- Value
- £369,024
- Period
- … – 28 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Research and InnovationReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MetPrep LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.