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APUC Limited

Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment

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Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£160,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
Deadline (UK time)
Mon 20 Jul 2026, 14:00 BSTClosed.
Published
12 Jun 2026
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The authority is seeking Contractor(s) for the supply of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment including Associated Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs for the further and higher education sector and other public bodies in Scotland and the UK. This includes Full and Associate Members, and future members, and their associated and affiliated bodies of the UK higher and further education regional purchasing consortia :

- APUC Ltd.(Advanced Procurement for Universities & Colleges): https://apuc-scot.ac.uk/membership/

- HEPCW (Higher Education Procurement Consortia Wales): https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/

- NEUPC (North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.neupc.ac.uk/join/members/who-are-our-members

- NWUPC (North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/members/

- LUPC (London Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.lupc.ac.uk/members/our-members/

- SUPC (Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/

Other participating bodies include:

- NHS National (Scotland) Procurement and its members

- Scotland Excel and its members

- Scottish Government National Public Bodies

- Scottish Environment Protection Agency – SEPA

- Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture – SASA

- National Galleries of Scotland

- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

- National Records of Scotland

- National Library of Scotland

- Scottish Police Authority/Police Scotland.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 38432200
  • 42980000
  • 38433100
  • 38432210
  • 38433000
  • 31161800

04/ History

Releases of this notice

3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 27 Oct 2025
    Planning notice

    Planning notice published 27 October 2025.

    Release 068712-2025

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  2. 12 Jun 2026
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 12 June 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Deadline in this release: Mon 20 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST.

    Release 055695-2026

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  3. 29 Jun 2026
    Tender notice update

    Tender notice update published 29 June 2026. Stated change: Complexity of the tender and school holidays season.

    Release 060579-2026

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gave a deadline of Monday 20 July 2026, 14:00 BST. It is no longer open for bids.

APUC Limited published this notice.

Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value: £160,000,000.

08/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-05d498
Source
Find a Tender
Stage
tender · Open
Framework
Yes, as recorded by the source
Last verified
Fri 19 Jun 2026, 08:10 BST
Read at
Fri 30 Oct 2026, 05:33 GMT

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