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title: "4-year service contract renewal for Carl Zeiss Gemini SEM"
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# 4-year service contract renewal for Carl Zeiss Gemini SEM

Buyer: JOHN INNES CENTRE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06efdd

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## Summary

John Innes Centre procured specialist maintenance services for a Carl Zeiss Gemini scanning electron microscope (SEM) and associated Carl Zeiss equipment. The requirement covers renewal of a service arrangement for this precision scientific equipment, including repair and maintenance support. The buyer is John Innes Centre, a public authority based at Norwich Research Park in Norwich. The work is categorised as repair and maintenance services for medical and precision equipment (CPV 50400000). Delivery locations cover England, including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West. This is a specialist equipment-support requirement rather than a general facilities-management or standard IT service.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. It comprised one lot. Carl Zeiss Ltd was selected as supplier. The contract was signed on 1 June 2026 and runs from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2030. Its value is £123,312 excluding VAT, or £147,974.40 including VAT. The award covered services for the Gemini SEM and associated Carl Zeiss equipment. The process used a direct procurement route rather than an open tender, and the recorded outcome is an active contract. Evaluation was therefore not conducted through a competitive scoring exercise; the route was a below-threshold award without competition.

This award demonstrates demand from John Innes Centre for sustained, specialist support of a Carl Zeiss Gemini SEM and related Carl Zeiss precision equipment. Suppliers best placed for a future requirement would need proven capability in servicing and maintaining scanning electron microscopes, together with detailed knowledge of the relevant Carl Zeiss systems and associated equipment. Credibility would come from demonstrable technical competence, access to suitable specialist engineers, the ability to diagnose faults and carry out preventative maintenance, and capacity to support a research organisation across the required service area. Firms competing when this requirement returns would also need to understand the commercial implications of a direct, below-threshold route and show that they can provide dependable equipment-specific support.

## Notice

4 Year Service Contract Renewal of Carl Zeiss Gemini SEM and associated Carl Zeiss equipment

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082809-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Jun 2026 - 31 May 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £123,312 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | JOHN INNES CENTRE |
| Locality | NORWICH |
| Postcode area | Norwich |
| Postcode | NR4 7UH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH5 Norfolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH53 Breckland and South Norfolk |
| Local authority | South Norfolk |
| Electoral ward | Cringleford |
| Westminster constituency | South Norfolk |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Carl Zeiss Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50400000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment

## Release History

- 1 Sep 2026 at 16:11 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082809-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082809-2026
  1st September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.jic.ac.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.zeiss.co.uk/corporate/home.html

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