AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory Limited awarded TESCAN-UK LTD. a £444,816 service contract for maintenance of Tescan XEIA and Tescan Mira scanning electron microscopes. The award is under LUPC’s High Value Laboratory Equipment framework, Lot 2, and is described as a four-year 1+1+1+1 call-off arrangement.
Published outcomeOne active award was published for TESCAN-UK LTD. The published award record gives a value of £444,816 and an award date of 27 April 2026.
Market significanceThis is a specialist precision-equipment maintenance requirement supporting nuclear laboratory microscopy assets in North West England.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
TESCAN-UK LTD.
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-db377437-bbf7-48ee-8a70-1df9d2733150-1 · 444816 GBP · active
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Verified legal supplier name: TESCAN-UK LTD. (company number 08713867). The sole active award names source supplier TESCAN-UK LTD and states £444,816.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source record marked complete
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Process display status is “awarded”, source status is “complete”, and the document is titled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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The sole award has status “active”.
Award date
99% confidence27 April 2026
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Award record date: 2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signing
99% confidenceUnknown
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No explicit signature or contract conclusion field is supplied.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£444,816
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The award value is 444816 GBP; tender value is also stated as 444816 GBP.
Value allocation
95% confidenceSingle award value associated with the sole published supplier
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One award is supplied, with one named supplier and no published lots.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
99% confidence30 March 2026, 08:00 BST
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Tender period end date: 2026-03-30T08:00:00+01:00.
Award date
99% confidence27 April 2026
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Award date: 2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract start
99% confidence1 May 2026
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Award contract period start date: 2026-05-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract end
99% confidence30 April 2030
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Award contract period end date: 2030-04-30T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Award notice document datePublished: 2026-10-09T15:03:26+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceService and maintenance for Tescan XEIA at Central Lab and Tescan Mira at Windscale
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Tender and award descriptions identify service contracts for these scanning electron microscopes.
Category
99% confidenceRepair and maintenance services of precision equipment (CPV 50430000)
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Primary CPV classification: 50430000.
Framework route
99% confidenceLUPC High Value Laboratory Equipment framework (LAB3162NW HVLE), Lot 2
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Tender description explicitly names the framework and Lot 2.
Delivery area
99% confidenceNorth West, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address identifies the North West, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective; restricted procedure above threshold
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Process and tender fields state “selective” and “Restricted procedure (above threshold)”.
SME suitability
95% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability field states sme: true.
Competition data
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information on bid count, bidders and evaluation is not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term structure
99% confidenceDescribed as 1+1+1+1
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Tender description says the four-year call-off arrangement “will be based on a 1+1+1+1 arrangement”.
Published contract period
99% confidence1 May 2026 to 30 April 2030
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The award contract period provides these start and end dates.
Extension mechanism
95% confidenceAnnual structure stated; exercise conditions unknown
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The 1+1+1+1 description indicates annual components, but the notice provides no extension conditions or confirmation that any optional periods have been exercised.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Asset-specific service requirement
86% confidenceThe scope names two Tescan microscope assets, suggesting specialised original-equipment or instrument-specific service capability is relevant.
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The published scope explicitly identifies Tescan XEIA and Tescan Mira scanning electron microscopes.
Framework-based purchasing
95% confidenceThe buyer used the LUPC HVLE framework’s Lot 2 rather than publishing an open procedure.
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The scope names LUPC HVLE Lot 2 and the procedure is stated as selective/restricted.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Start-date inconsistency
99% confidenceThe tender-level contract period starts on 27 April 2026, while the award-level contract period starts on 1 May 2026.
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Tender contractPeriod.startDate is 2026-04-27; award contractPeriod.startDate is 2026-05-01. This analysis reports both rather than selecting one.
No published lot allocation
99% confidenceNo structured award lot IDs or individual lot values are supplied.
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Lot IDs are null and the lots dataset is empty, despite the description referring to framework Lot 2.
Commercial and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, pricing schedule, award criteria, scores, or evaluation narrative is included.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains conflicting published start dates: 27 April 2026 at tender level and 1 May 2026 at award level.
- No structured lots, lot allocations or individual lot values are published.
- Information on bids, bidders, evaluation, pricing, contract signature and extension exercise conditions is not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
TESCAN-UK LTD.United Kingdom National Nuclear LaboratoryNNLC728scanning electron microscope maintenanceLUPC HVLEprecision equipment maintenanceContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the NNLC728 contract?
TESCAN-UK LTD. was the sole published supplier. Its verified legal name is TESCAN-UK LTD. (company number 08713867).
What is the published value of the award?
£444,816.
What does the contract cover?
Service contracts for the Tescan XEIA microscope at Central Lab and the Tescan Mira microscope at Windscale.
When does the published award contract period end?
30 April 2030. The notice describes a 1+1+1+1 arrangement; this is not a forecast of a future renewal.
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