Notice Information
Notice Title
Lab Equipment (General) and Associated Services
Notice Description
LUPC tendered to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the supply of general laboratory equipment. The requirement is covered through 10 lots for specific equipment types. The agreement term is of 3 years with an optional extension period of up to 12 months, until 14 October 2029, 5 full suppliers are awarded under each lot. The award also includes additional reserve suppliers, who will not fulfil the requirement unless any of the fully awarded supplier does not proceed or is removed from the framework for any other reason
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ec810c70-3771-40af-b6dc-4ed3c054f276
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/28e6c0e8-ccbd-4c3b-8160-1ec2d33987e1
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
-
- CPV Codes
38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £200,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £200,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Sep 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 14 Oct 2025 - 14 Oct 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC3R 8HN
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Tower
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/28e6c0e8-ccbd-4c3b-8160-1ec2d33987e1
8th October 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=LUPC&target=/Ctm/Tendering/Messages/Index/94245/88690
This procurement was carried out to source a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for Lab Equipment (General) and Associated Services.
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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