Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of liquid nitrogen
Notice Description
This Invitation to Tender ('ITT') is being issued by UK Biobank ('UKB') and invites tender submissions (a 'Bid') for liquid nitrogen. UKB is a company limited by guarantee and a registered UK charity established by its two founding funders: the Medical Research Council and Wellcome. It is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing genetic, lifestyle and health information from half a million UK participants. UKB is globally accessible to approved researchers who are undertaking health-related research that is in the public interest. UKB recruited 500,000 people aged between 40-69 years in 2006-2010 from across the UK. With their consent, they provided detailed information about their lifestyle, physical measures and had blood, urine and saliva samples collected and stored for future analysis. It is a major contributor in the advancement of modern medicine and treatment, enabling better understanding of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses - including cancer, heart diseases and stroke. Over 30,000 researchers from more than 90 countries use UKB and more than 7,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published as a result. For further information about UKB please see www.ukbiobank.ac.uk.
Lot Information
Lot 1
UK Biobank (UKB) requires the supply of Liquid Nitrogen (LN) of a minimum purity grade of 99% to its site in Cheadle, Stockport, UK from 28 June 2024. UKB have 2 x 50,000 litre tanks. UKB will be responsible for the provision of the tanks and the pipework. All telemetry equipment required must be supplied and maintained by the supplier as part of this contract. The supplier is also required to service the UKB tanks. Indicative LN volumes required by UKB are 290 metric tonnes (monthly volume) and 5,000 metric tonnes (maximum annual volume). It is not anticipated that these volumes will reduce until Q4 2026. However, UKB does not guarantee any volume of supply. Further details are set out in the Specification
Renewal: The initial term will be for 12 months from 28 June 2024 with the option for UKB to extend (on one or more occasions) for further period(s) up to a maximum extension of 2 years in total from the end of the initial term. Maximum contract duration of 3 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-044628
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025402-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
24 - Chemical products
-
- CPV Codes
24111800 - Liquid nitrogen
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £911,210 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Aug 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Apr 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Aug 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK BIOBANK LTD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@ukbiobank.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7824509469
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STOCKPORT
- Postcode
- SK3 0SA
- Post Town
- Stockport
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD35 Greater Manchester South East
- Delivery Location
- TLD35 Greater Manchester South East
-
- Local Authority
- Stockport
- Electoral Ward
- Davenport & Cale Green
- Westminster Constituency
- Stockport
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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