Published date: 12 December 2023

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


Closing: 21 November 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

B4 7ET

Value of contract

£797,000

Procurement reference

889

Published date

12 December 2023

Closing date

21 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 June 2024

Contract end date

30 May 2029

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)

The opportunity was not advertised, because for example only one supplier is capable of delivering the requirement, or due to extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Aston University is putting out this notice as a VEAT (Voluntary Ex ante Transparency Notice).

It is the intention of Aston University to award a 5-year contract for the supply, installation, service and maintenance of an OPM-optimised bespoke magnetically shielded room to from June 2024 to May 2029 to Cerca Magnetics Limited.

Aston University intends to award the contract without a call for competition in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ((32.2(b) ii.

• The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
• absence of competition for technical reasons

Aston University requires a magnetically-shielded environment to support the use of OPM-magnetoencephalography. Cerca Magnetics Limited offer a unique patented shielded room system which incorporates built-in degaussing to remove residual magnetisation and reduce the static magnetic field; and electromagnetic coils which allow high fidelity control of residual fields and their variation over space inside the MSR. This level of static/residual field control is required for the scientific work with OPM-MEG that Aston University intends to conduct within the shielded room.

The University will not enter the proposed contract before 22 November 2023.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

(VEAT Notice) - OPM-Optimised Bespoke Magnetically Shielded Room

  • Opportunity
  • Published 10 November 2023

Award information

Awarded date

12 December 2023

Contract start date

1 June 2024

Contract end date

30 May 2029

Total value of contract

£797,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cerca Magnetics Limited

Address

Staplehurst

Reference

Companies House number: 12766132

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jacob Rankine

Address

Aston Triangle
BIRMINGHAM
B47ET
England

Email

j.rankine@aston.ac.uk