High Value Laboratory Equipment

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

b14d2dd2-4e0b-4463-9eaa-2e3d547765ff-709612

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 33111400, 33113000, 33114000, 33115000, 38000000, 38341000, 38433000, 38500000, 38510000, 38511000, 38511100, 38511200, 38514200, 38530000, 38540000

Published tags

award

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

NWUPC is seeking to establish a multi-provider Framework Agreement on behalf of the members of NWUPC, APUC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC and SUPC for High Value Laboratory Equipment. The Framework Agreement will be split into 5 lots as follows: Lot 1 - Magnetic Resonance Equipment, Lot 2 - X-Ray, Imaging, Elemental & Micro Analysis Equipment and Microscopy Instruments, Lot 3 - Spectroscopy Equipment, Lot 4 - Mechanical, Thermal and Physical Testing Equipment. Lot 5 - Radiation Safety & Detection Equipment. This Framework Agreement will commence on 01st August 2023 for an initial period of 24 months until 31st July 2025 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 31st July 2026 and a further 12 months until 31st July 2027 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance. Coverage on this agreement shall be national - all ofthe United Kingdom including Northern Ireland. The Framework Agreement will accessed by members of; NWUPC https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members (https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members) APUC https://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members (https://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members) HEPCW http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/ (http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/) LUPC https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list (https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list) NEUPC https://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members (https://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members) SUPC https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members (https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members)

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1. Award notice observed

   21 Dec 2023

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   b14d2dd2-4e0b-4463-9eaa-2e3d547765ff-709612

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• High Value Laboratory Equipment

  Buyer: North Western Universities Purchasing ConsortiumSupplier: Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd

  End date in notice

  31 Jul 2027

  Value shown in notice

  £185,000,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-0fab8444-d4c0-4552-b4d5-833ab0b51fab-1

• High Value Laboratory Equipment

  Buyer: North Western Universities Purchasing ConsortiumSupplier: Anton Paar Ltd

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