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title: "Maintenance of Specialist Microscopes"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e2de"
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current_stage: "Award"
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published: "2026-08-12"
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# Maintenance of Specialist Microscopes

Buyer: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e2de

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## Summary

The Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service bought maintenance services for specialist microscopes. The scope is repair and ongoing maintenance of specialist microscope equipment, under a single lot. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. The buyer is based in Belfast and serves the regional public-sector health and business-services environment. The requirement is therefore relevant to firms that maintain specialist laboratory, clinical or medical microscopes and can provide service coverage across the UK. The contracting need is equipment-focused rather than a general facilities-management requirement, so suppliers should assess their ability to support specialist microscopes and to operate across multiple healthcare or public-sector locations.

The procurement has reached the award stage. One award is active for the single lot, with four suppliers selected: Uniphar Medtech Ltd trading as Tekno Surgical; Northern Hospital Supplies Ltd; Northern Microsystems Ltd; and Uniphar Medtech UK Ltd trading as Cardiac Services. The contract is active, has a value of £3,116,470, and was signed on 15 July 2019. Its stated end date is 30 September 2027. The contract has been extended by a further 12 months, using two six-month extension periods available under its terms. The extension was justified by unforeseen delay in the renewal tender process and the need to maintain continuity of contractual cover.

This award shows established demand from the Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service for specialist microscope maintenance at a substantial, multi-year scale. Four suppliers were appointed, including SMEs based in Dublin, Newtownards, Bangor and Belfast, indicating that credible competitors may include focused specialist-maintenance businesses as well as larger medical-technology service providers. A future competitor would need demonstrable capability in repairing and maintaining specialist microscopes, reliable technical support, and the operational capacity to cover requirements across the United Kingdom. The buyer’s use of multiple suppliers also suggests that service coverage, responsiveness and the ability to support varied healthcare or laboratory equipment may be important in competing for the same requirement when it next reaches the market.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076888-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Jul 2019 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,116,470 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Postcode area | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT12 6HU |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Blackstaff |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | Northern Hospital Supplies Ltd; Northern Microsystems Ltd; Uniphar Medtech Ltd t/a Tekno Surgical; Uniphar Medtech UK Ltd t/a Cardiac Services |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

## Release History

- 12 Aug 2026 at 15:19 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076888-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- https://etendrsni.gov.uk/epps
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:330000-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML

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