Published date: 23 October 2018

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


Closing: 7 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£0 to £45,000

Procurement reference

UKSBS PR18133 Award Notice

Published date

23 October 2018

Closing date

7 September 2018

Contract start date

3 October 2018

Contract end date

9 January 2019

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

**AWARD NOTICE** CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 07th September 2018 14:00 HOURS BST. Scope of requirement: to the supply of 1off Spectrophotometer.

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 "Supplier eSourcing registration". Note: Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this is unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of UK Research and Innovation,through its UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC), requires the following item as part of the equipment needed for a variety of projects as required:

1off general purpose laboratory UV/Vis/NIR spectrophotometer is needed for use in a range of optical engineering applications such as, but not limited to, measurement of transmittance of filters and glass substrates, measurement of reflectivity of filters and anti-reflection coatings, measurement of the reflectivity of mirrors.

For the full technical specification, please see the following documents 'PR18133 Spectrophotometer ITQ Invitation to Quote v23-08-2018' which is provided as an attachment within the e-sourcing platform https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sso/jsp/login.jsp

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Spectrophotometer

  • Opportunity
  • Published 23 August 2018

Attachments

Additional text

**AWARD NOTICE** DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER Note: Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authority's control " 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://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris 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/emptoris using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents with Contracts Finder.
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Award information

Awarded date

22 October 2018

Contract start date

23 October 2018

Contract end date

9 January 2019

Total value of contract

£43,488.13

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES LDA UK LIMITED

Address

5500 Lakeside,Cheadle Royal Business Park
CHEADLE
Cheshire
SK8 3GR
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 08815891

Value of contract

£43,488.13

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Nicola Freeman

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867337

Email

nicola.freeman@uksbs.co.uk