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Published 5 Sept 2024, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-4204 The Provision of a Two-Photon-Polymerisation Printer

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£600,000exc. VAT16.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 10 Oct 2024awarded 29 Nov 2024
Awarded to Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. KG

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for the supply, delivery, installation, training, and commissioning of one Two-Photon Polymerization printing system for the nanofabrication of polymer components for use in high power laser science experiments.

CPV: Printers and plotters

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£600,000
Delivery: South East · Oxfordshire
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
Quality: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical/Quality: 20%
  • Price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical/Quality: 20
  • Price: 80
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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, 12:05 BST
Last source update
3 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
10 Oct 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038886
Classification (CPV)
Printers and plotters
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049849 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Procurement Contract 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=906987374 GO Reference: GO-2024123-PRO-28746297

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
10 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
10 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST

Timeline

10 Oct 2024 → 3 Dec 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 Oct 2024, 14:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    3 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Dec 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    3 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £499,9701 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. KG£499,970 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch UK Research and Innovation, Polaris House, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • UK Research and InnovationContracting authorityBody governed by public lawResearch Swindon, South EastContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Nanoscribe GmbH & Co. KGAwarded supplierN/A Hermann von Helmholtz Platz 6, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, DE12, 76344Contact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.