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Published 29 Aug 2025, 12:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKC NMR Facility · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Kent (Education)

Below threshold - without competition
Awarded value£143,934published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to BRUKER UK LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contracts for maintenance of 3 Bruker NMR spectrometers and a cryoprobe and platform.

£172,719 inc VAT.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
29 Aug 2025, 12:23 BST
Last source update
29 Aug 2025, 12:36 BST
Authority reference
25-030
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052427
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05905a Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    29 Aug 2025, 12:23 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    29 Aug 2025, 12:36 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £143,9341 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BRUKER UK LIMITED29 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028£143,93429 Aug 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The University Of Kent

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDYN-9654-JPQJ · GB-UKPRN: 10007150 The Registry,, Canterbury, South East, CT2 7NZContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • BRUKER UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00923986GB-PPON: PDGH-5627-XXXQ Welland House Longwood Close, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 8HZContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender