Contract award · 27 Jul 2023

High Value Laboratory Equipment: Magnetic Resonance Equipment

North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium awarded “High Value Laboratory…” to Bruker UK Ltd, Fisher Scientific UK LTD, JEOL UK Ltd for £925m.

Laboratory & precision equipmentNorth West

Value across 5 lots £925m

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium · Sub-central contracting authority
Value
£925,000,000 across 5 lots
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Laboratory & precision equipment · Spectrometers (CPV 38433000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date27 Jul 2023
  2. Published21 Dec 2023Published 147 days after the contract date

Description

The scope includes but is not limited to the equipment identified in the lot title and specification document and any associated equipment. It is a mandatory minimum requirement that Economic Operators are able to supply, deliver, install and commission [meaning in this context set-up, test and assure operational functionality] equipment relevant to the lot to which they have applied. Also included in the scope on a non-mandatory basis is advice, design and consultancy; training, maintenance and servicing; the provision of consumables, components, system upgrades, software licenses; and decommissioning and removal of equipment at end of life dependent on individual member institutional requirements. Additional information: Whilst the agreement is split into five lots as above, you only need to complete the award criteria questionnaire once within the EU Supply system irrespective of the number of lots to which you are applying, this is titled ‘Supply of High Value Laboratory Equipment…

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
High Value Laboratory Equipment: Magnetic Resonance EquipmentBruker UK Ltd, Fisher Scientific UK LTD, JEOL UK Ltd, Magritek UK SME, Medical Imaging Systems Ltd (MIS Healthcare) SME +5 more£185m
High Value Laboratory Equipment: X-Ray, Imaging, Elemental & Micro Analysis Equipment and Microscopy InstrumentsAgilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd SME, Anton Paar, BlueScientific Ltd SME, Bruker UK Ltd, Carl Zeiss Limited +23 more£185m
High Value Laboratory Equipment: Spectroscopy EquipmentAgilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd SME, BlueScientific Ltd SME, Bruker UK Ltd, Fisher Scientific UK LTD, HORIBA UK Limited +8 more£185m
High Value Laboratory Equipment: Mechanical, Thermal and Physical Testing EquipmentAnton Paar, Bruker UK Ltd, Carl Zeiss Limited, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science Limited, Perkin Elmer AES (UK) Ltd +6 more£185m
High Value Laboratory Equipment: Radiation Safety & Detection EquipmentFisher Scientific UK LTD£185m

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