Published date: 9 January 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 26 August 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 31000000

  • Actuators - 31131100

  • Optical coupled isolators - 31712335

    • Laser diodes - 31712348

    • Fibre-optic materials - 32560000

    • Fibre-optic connections - 32561000

    • Optical-fibre cables - 32562000

    • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

    • Spectrometers - 38433000

    • Spectrum analyser - 38433300

    • Automated microscope stages - 38519400

    • Microscope eyepieces, condensers, collectors, tubes, stages and covers - 38519600

    • Microscope stages - 38519650

    • Optical instruments - 38600000

    • Optical filters - 38623000

    • Specialist optical instruments - 38636000

    • Lasers - 38636100

Location of contract

NG1 4FQ

Value of contract

£600,000

Procurement reference

20250109144134-128806

Published date

9 January 2025

Closing date

26 August 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 October 2024

Contract end date

30 October 2028

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Nottingham Trent University had ongoing requirements for the purchase of optical related equipment components and consumables. The requirement was split into 10 lots which are listed below. Tenderers were able to tender for individual lots, or they may tender for all lots as applicable on the framework.

The items were categorised into the following list of lots;
Lot 1: Optical elements
Lot 2: Optomechanical devices and components
Lot 3: Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories
Lot 4: Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators, and positioners
Lot 5: Test and calibration targets, reticules, and tools
Lot 6: Fibre optics, fibre test instruments, and fibre processing tools
Lot 7: Instrumentation
Lot 8: Light sources
Lot 9: General Accessories, Equipment Components and Consumables
Lot 10: Future technologies.

A detailed scope of each lot was provided in the tender documentation.

More information

Links

Award information

Awarded date

8 October 2024

Contract start date

23 October 2024

Contract end date

23 October 2028

Total value of contract

£600,000

This contract was awarded to 4 suppliers.

EDMUND OPTICS LTD.

Address

1 Opus Avenue, Nether Poppleton, York, North Yorkshire, YO26 6BL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTD

Address

Cranfield Innovation Centre,
University Way, Cranfield, BEDFORD, MK43 0BT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

RS COMPONENTS LIMITED

Address

Birchington Road, Weldon, Corby, Northants, NN17 9RS

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

THORLABS LIMITED

Address

204 Lancaster Way Business Park, Ely,
Cambridgeshire, CB6 3NX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Turton

Address

50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
ENG

Telephone

+44 1158486439

Email

sarah.turton@ntu.ac.uk

Website

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/