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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 35 minutes ago Contract notice

Supply of Advanced Chromatography and Molecular Characterisation Platform

Open United Kingdom Laboratory & precision equipment

Buyer Aberystwyth University

32 days left

Key facts

Closes
14:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€234,589
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 32 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

32 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,768 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

Aberystwyth University, through its Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), seeks to procure an advanced chromatography and molecular characterisation platform. The platform should generate high-quality analytical data and integrate with digital bioprocess workflows. It will complement recently acquired parallel bioreactor infrastructure (Getinge Livit Flex) and digital bioprocess development systems supporting research, contract research and industrial scale-up in areas such as industrial biotechnology, biorefining, precision fermentation, biomaterials, agricultural biotechnology and sustainable manufacturing.

Description

The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University is an internationally recognised centre for research, innovation and teaching in industrial biotechnology, biorefining, precision fermentation, biomaterials, agricultural biotechnology and sustainable manufacturing. The University has recently invested in advanced parallel bioreactor infrastructure (Getinge Livit Flex) and digital bioprocess development systems to support research, contract research and industrial scale-up activities. To complement this capability, the University seeks to procure an advanced chromatography and molecular characterisation platform to generate high-quality analytical data and integrates with digital bioprocess workflows.

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €234,589.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Laboratory & precision equipment.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    32 days left, 23 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €32,480 and €172,742.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 13 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 121 awards for Laboratory & precision equipment in United Kingdom.

This notice
€234,589
Median award
€81,561
Middle half of past awards
€32,480 to €172,742

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom

notices in the register
13
awards
3

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Laboratory & precision equipment - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
VWR International Ltd 5 €212,216 Sep 2026
Carl Zeiss Ltd 4 €449,003 Jul 2026
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 4 €283,546 Oct 2026
SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LIMITED 4 €125,097 Jul 2026
Thermo Fisher Scientific 3 €1.4M Sep 2026

Based on 141 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

5 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 49% of the open notices in Laboratory & precision equipment across Europe.

open now in Laboratory & precision equipment
2,380
median open notice
€240,796

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Laboratory & precision equipment

different companies won awards here
107
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
9%
buyers awarded contracts here
56

Based on 141 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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