Published date: 17 February 2017

Last edited date: 17 February 2017

This notice was replaced on 21 March 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 21 March 2018)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Plant-growth regulators - 24454000

Location of contract

CB3 0ET

Value of contract

£26,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PR17011 Plant Growth Chamber

Published date

17 February 2017

Closing date

22 February 2017

Contract start date

27 February 2017

Contract end date

27 February 2018

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 22/02/2017 11:00 HOURS. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER. To express your interest in this opportunity email ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. To register on our e-sourcing portal click on https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and follow the link "Register for CCS eSourcing"


Chamber Specifications:
This chamber is for work with Antarctic and Arctic plants and must be able to run the following program as a minimum:

Temperature: 0 °C day and night for a minimum of 12 weeks
Lighting: at full lighting, a photon flux density at 0 °C of 1200 µmol photons m-2 s-1 - i.e., sufficient to drive photosynthesis in higher plant leaves
Special requirement: during the defrost cycle the back heat to the chamber must not exceed a 5 °C increase, and recovery to 0 °C must be within 30 minutes

More information

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER
As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS can use the CCS eSourcing Suite for future procurements. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpssourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link "Register for CCS eSourcing". Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered Bidder; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be assessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents with Contracts Finder.

About the buyer

Contact name

Fiona Morris

Address

UK Shared Business Services, Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk