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Published 29 Sept 2023, 10:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of OMRON NX Series PLC Equipment

Official notice

Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£0published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Oct 2023awarded 27 Nov 2023
Awarded to Omron Electronic Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond Light Source (DLS) is a leading-edge facility for science, engineering and innovation. DLS allows researchers from academia and industry to investigate the structure and behaviour of the world around us at the atomic and molecular level.

The facility is about to undergo a major upgrade to its main accelerator system which requires the upgrade of its associated control hardware, this tender is prepared with the intention of procuring the supply of PLC hardware to be used in this upcoming upgrade and for a framework for supply of PLC hardware for other projects following the upgrade of the Diamond facility.

CPV: Electromechanical equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The contract is for the supply of Omron NX series PLC equipment to be integrated into…AwardedPublished value£0

The contract is for the supply of Omron NX series PLC equipment to be integrated into all areas of the control system alongside our existing installed Omron PLC equipment. Diamond currently has a large installed base of PLC systems managing Vacuum protection,

Interlocking and Automation across all disciplines. Diamond has invested large amounts of time & effort into delivering the nfrastructure to support this platform. Device drivers for the

EPICS platform as the top-level SCADA, revision control system for back up and version control, 'Best Practice' and 'Code Creation' guidance documentation for third party vendors

of turn-key equipment to follow have all been set up to ensure consistency. DLS also has a large amount of pre-configured templated programming structures for all commonly used

devices found on Diamond to ensure quick and simple onfiguration & deployment.

The Omron Programming software is commonly understood and integrates well with our chosen drawing office package for the generation of EPICS identification & Global variables in the form of publishable TAGS. It also uses a single software platform for all PLC, HMI, Vision & Networking equipment which makes firmware & software upgrades and patching simple.

Delivery: South East
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
29 Sept 2023, 10:46 BST
Last source update
7 Dec 2023, 12:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
30 Oct 2023 – …
Authority reference
DLSPAG0138
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036079
Classification (CPV)
Electromechanical equipment
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040681 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
30 Oct 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
30 Oct 2023, 13:00 GMT

Timeline

30 Oct 2023 → 7 Dec 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 Oct 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    30 Oct 2023, 13:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    7 Dec 2023, 12:54 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Dec 2023, 12:54 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £01 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Omron Electronic Ltd£0 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Supply of OMRON NX Series PLC Equipment · Omron Electronic Ltd

    Signed
    27 Nov 2023
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Diamond Light Source Ltd

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawScientific Research GB-COH: 4375679 Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, South East, OX11 0DEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Diamond Light SourceReview body Didcot

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.