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Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment
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.
- 27 Oct 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 27 October 2025.
Release 068712-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 12 Jun 2026Tender 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
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 29 Jun 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 29 June 2026. Stated change: Complexity of the tender and school holidays season.
Release 060579-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
06/ Questions
About this notice
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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