Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-6365 Benchtop MRI System
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Published estimate£425,000≈ £98k / year · £510,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Oct 2026
Contract term 4 yrs 4 moends 31 Mar 2031 · starts 16 Nov 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKRI are seeking a supplier to provide and install a compact benchtop MRI system, including a 3 year maintenance agreement for the equipment.
CPV: Magnetic resonance imaging equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£425,000
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 (2)
- Technical/Quality: 65%
- Price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Technical/Quality
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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 17:33 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 17:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
UKRI-6365- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089855- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777ffFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: UKRI eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To view and access this opportunity go to the Atamis eSourcing platform:
- Log in or create an account here: ukri2.my.site.com ↗
- Navigate to the opportunity in the Find an Opportunity section of the site
- Select Register Interest (you will not be able to view the tender documentation without
registering an interest).
- Go back to the main menu and navigate to the My Proposals and Quotes section of the site.
- Select the opportunity from the list.
Timeline
22 Sept 2026 → 16 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published34 days ago22 Sept 2026, 17:33 BST
- Clarification questions by13 days ago13 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline6 days ago20 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 2 days29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 19 days16 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 17:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender