Official UK procurement notice
Supply & Installation of Clean Steam Generator (NIBF1)
Authority: CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED (Public body)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: North East (UKC12)
Published estimate£50,000≈ £33k / year · £60,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Jan 2026
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 5 Aug 2027 · starts 6 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis specification is for the purchase of an electrical clean steam generator suitable for supplying clean steam to the facility both for sterilisation of equipment through Steam In Place (SIP) cycles, and for heating utility.
CPV: Decontamination equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1No awardPublished value£50,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Evaluation Q1 - Specification: 40%
- Evaluation Q2 - Lead Time: 20%
- Evaluation Q3 – After Sales Support: 10%
- Pricing: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Evaluation Q1 - Specification
- Evaluation Q2 - Lead Time
- Evaluation Q3 – After Sales Support
- Pricing
What this means for your bid
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 7 Jan 2026, 13:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 16:29 BST
- Authority reference
3747- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001076- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060102Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
7 Jan 2026 → 31 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published294 days ago7 Jan 2026, 13:33 GMT
- Submission deadline278 days ago23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts265 days ago6 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published211 days ago31 Mar 2026, 16:29 BST
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 7 Jan 2026- Tender notice published7 Jan 2026, 13:33 GMTUK4
- Transparency notice published31 Mar 2026, 16:29 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender