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Published 20 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-4347 Compressed Air, Nitrogen Generators, Carbon Towers and Associated Services

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£2,060,000≈ £687k / year
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 27 Apr 2028 · extension options published · starts 28 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKRI wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of Compressed Air, Nitrogen Generators, Carbon Towers and Associated Services.

The site address for delivery of the goods and/or services is are as follows:

a.Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX

b.STFC Chilbolton Observatory, Drove Road, Chilbolton, SO20 6BJ

c.The Cosener’s House, 15-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD

The estimated value of the opportunity is £2,060,000.00 excluding VAT across a potential 4 year term, broken down approximately as follows:

Planned Preventative Maintenance: up to £105,000.00 per year

Reactive and Remedial Works: up to £400,000.00 per year

Estimate of new assets in new buildings/assets through contract term in new areas: £10,000.00 per year.

Projects works: up to £10,000 per year

Total spend: £515,000.00 per year

The Contract duration shall be for a period of 3 years with option to extend on an annual basis for a further 1 year (3+1) from commencement of the Contract.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of machinery

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1CancelledRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£2,060,000
Contract period: 28 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2028 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK · UNITED KINGDOM
Extensions: This contract is for 3 years, with an optional extension of one year starting from 28th April 2024 and the agreement shall be in place until 27th April 2028 with an optional extension until 27th April 2029. Note that the optional extension is not guaranteed.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: 65%Price: 35%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality/Technical: 65%
  • Price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality/Technical: 65
  • Price: 35
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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
20 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
Last source update
5 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
Award evaluation window
28 Mar 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030355
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of machinery
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4d2 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Closed without award due to marterial changes that needed to be amended to the specification. To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=956485554 GO Reference: GO-202565-PRO-30884797

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
28 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
28 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT

Timeline

28 Mar 2025 → 5 Jun 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    28 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    28 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    5 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    5 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.