Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables

Opportunity overview

Nottingham Trent University has ongoing requirements for the purchase of optical related equipment components and consumables. The requirement has been split into 10 lots which are listed below. Tenderers may tender for individual lots, or they may tender for all lots as applicable on the framework. The items have been categorised into the following list of lots; Lot 1: Optical elements Lot 2: Optomechanical devices and components Lot 3: Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories Lot 4: Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators, and positioners Lot 5: Test and calibration targets, reticules, and tools Lot 6: Fibre optics, fibre test instruments, and fibre processing tools Lot 7: Instrumentation Lot 8: Light sources Lot 9: General Accessories, Equipment Components and Consumables Lot 10: Future technologies. A detailed scope of each lot can be found in the tender documentation.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Thorlabs Ltd

Matched by exact name

Contract value: £600k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 29 Oct 2024
Award ID: 000673-2025-1-1
Status: active
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK, United Kingdom

EDMUND OPTICS LTD.

Matched by exact name

Contract value: £600k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 31 Oct 2024
Award ID: 000673-2025-2-2
Status: active
Location: York, UK, United Kingdom

RS COMPONENTS LIMITED

Matched by exact name

Contract value: £600k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 23 Oct 2024
Award ID: 000673-2025-3-3
Status: active
Location: Northants, UK, United Kingdom

PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTD

Match pending…

Contract value: £600k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 30 Oct 2024
Award ID: 000673-2025-4-4
Status: active
Location: Bedford, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV31000000 — Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
CPV31131100 — Actuators
CPV31712335 — Optical coupled isolators
CPV31712348 — Laser diodes
CPV32560000 — Fibre-optic materials
CPV32561000 — Fibre-optic connections
CPV32562000 — Optical-fibre cables
CPV38000000 — Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
CPV38433000 — Spectrometers
CPV38433300 — Spectrum analyser
CPV38519400 — Automated microscope stages
CPV38519600 — Microscope eyepieces, condensers, collectors, tubes, stages and covers
CPV38519650 — Microscope stages
CPV38600000 — Optical instruments
CPV38623000 — Optical filters
CPV38636000 — Specialist optical instruments
CPV38636100 — Lasers

Lots

Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables£600k
Future technologies£600k
Optomechanical devices and components£600k
Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories£600k
Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators, and positioners£600k
Test and calibration targets, reticules, and tools£600k
Fibre optics, fibre test instruments, and fibre processing tools£600k
Instrumentation£600k
Light sources£600k
General Accessories, Equipment Components and Consumables£600k

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: NTU/24/2673/ST
Status: complete
Has Recurrence: Yes
Procurement Method: open
Main Procurement Category: goods
How to submit: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=84018&B=NTU ↗
Procurement Method Details: Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date: 26 Aug 2024, 14:00
Description: Nottingham Trent University nominated procurement department staff

Address

Street Address: Nottingham Trent University

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Lot Details

Maximum Lots Bid Per Supplier: 9,999,999

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement: Yes

Framework Agreement

Maximum Participants: 6

Expected award period

Starts: 26 Aug 2024, 14:00

Tender Period

Ends: 26 Aug 2024, 12:00

Contract terms

Performance Terms: As stated in the tender documents
Has Electronic Payment: Yes
Has Electronic Ordering: Yes
Electronic Invoicing Policy: allowed

Classification

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Submission terms

Languages

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days: 90

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

written

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Type: suitability
Description: As stated in the tender documents

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Optical elements which may be kits including but not limited to; lenses, mirrors, filters, beamsplitters, prisms, diffusors, windows, gratings, crystals and liquid crystal devices, lenses and objectives, cells, isolators, collimators, couplers, modulators, antennas, compensators, polarisers, depolarisers, displacers, and rotators, waveplates and beam expanders and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 2

Id: 2
Title: Optomechanical devices and components
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Optomechanical devices and components, which may be kits of items or motorised elements and would include accessory bolts and fitting and tools for assembly as required: - including but not limited to posts, supports, rails, mounts, clamps, cages, adaptors and brackets, iris, apertures and pinholes, shelves and platforms, choppers, beam scanners, piezo devices, adaptive optics, filter wheels and mounts (adaptors, clamps, ports, mounts, supports, stands and joints), shutters and stages.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 3

Id: 3
Title: Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories, including but not limited to enclosures, feet, handles, shelving, fixtures, and screens/curtains.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 4

Id: 4
Title: Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators, and positioners
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators and positioners as well as the controllers of these components. Including but not limited to; associated base plates, platforms, brackets and adaptors and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 5

Id: 5
Title: Test and calibration targets, reticules, and tools
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Test and calibration targets, reticules and tools including but not limited to power meters and beam characterisation instruments and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 6

Id: 6
Title: Fibre optics, fibre test instruments, and fibre processing tools
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Fibre optics including but not limited to fibres and patch cables, fibre collimators, couplers, splitters, combiners, polarisers, circulators, reflectors, isolators, attenuators, filters and terminators. Fibre test instruments such as spectrum analysers, polarimeters and extinction ratio meters. Fibre processing tools including but not limited to strippers, cleaners, cleavers, splicers, glass processors, recoaters and testers, and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 7

Id: 7
Title: Instrumentation
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Instrumentation including but not limited to spectrometers, interferometers, amplifiers, spectrum and noise analysers, beam profilers, wavefront sensors and auto correctors, and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 8

Id: 8
Title: Light sources
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Light sources including but not limited to lasers (diodes and other solid state devices such as fibre etc., HeNe and other gasses, tuneable, pulsed, from Thz or Hz frequency and UV to radio frequency) and laser drivers, phase controllers and power modulators, also diodes, lamps and other broadband sources, and associated brackets/mounts/posts/connectors/fittings. Corresponding laser safety glasses should be offered.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 9

Id: 9
Title: General Accessories, Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: General accessories, equipment components and consumables related to optical equipment.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Entry 10

Id: 10
Title: Future technologies
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Has Renewal: Yes
Description: Future technologies related to optical equipment components and consumables. Tenderer to indicate what they will offer under this lot in their tender response.

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Renewal

Description: The Framework will be established for an initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 x 12 months, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years subject to satisfactory performance.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility)
Type: cost
Description: 10

Contract period

Duration In Days: 1,440

Submission terms

Variant Policy: notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 31000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

Entry 2

Id: 31131100
Scheme: CPV
Description: Actuators

Entry 3

Id: 31712335
Scheme: CPV
Description: Optical coupled isolators

Entry 4

Id: 31712348
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laser diodes

Entry 5

Id: 32560000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Fibre-optic materials

Entry 6

Id: 32561000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Fibre-optic connections

Entry 7

Id: 32562000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Optical-fibre cables

Entry 8

Id: 38433000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Spectrometers

Entry 9

Id: 38433300
Scheme: CPV
Description: Spectrum analyser

Entry 10

Id: 38519400
Scheme: CPV
Description: Automated microscope stages

Entry 11

Id: 38519600
Scheme: CPV
Description: Microscope eyepieces, condensers, collectors, tubes, stages and covers

Entry 12

Id: 38519650
Scheme: CPV
Description: Microscope stages

Entry 13

Id: 38600000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Optical instruments

Entry 14

Id: 38623000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Optical filters

Entry 15

Id: 38636000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Specialist optical instruments

Entry 16

Id: 38636100
Scheme: CPV
Description: Lasers

Item 2

Id: 2
Related Lot: 2

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Item 3

Id: 3
Related Lot: 3

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Item 4

Id: 4
Related Lot: 4

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Item 5

Id: 5
Related Lot: 5

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Item 6

Id: 6
Related Lot: 6

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Item 7

Id: 7
Related Lot: 7

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Item 8

Id: 8
Related Lot: 8

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Item 9

Id: 9
Related Lot: 9

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Item 10

Id: 10
Related Lot: 10

Delivery Location

Description: Nottingham

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKF

Entry 2

Region: UKF

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 38000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: economic1
Document Type: economicSelectionCriteria

Entry 2

Id: technical1
Document Type: technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-FTS-69842
Name: Nottingham Trent University (NTU)

Roles

buyer

Address

Region: UKF
Locality: Nottingham
Postal Code: NG1 4FQ
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: 50 Shakespeare Street

Details

Url: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/ ↗
Buyer Profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/128806 ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Id: BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Description: Body governed by public law

Entry 2

Id: 09
Scheme: COFOG
Description: Education

Identifier

Id: GB 277399933
Legal Name: Nottingham Trent University (NTU)

Contact

Url: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=84018&B=NTU ↗
Name: Sarah Turton
Email: sarah.turton@ntu.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1158486439

Organisation 2

Id: GB-FTS-88
Name: Royal Courts of Justice

Roles

reviewBody

reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality: London
Postal Code: WC2A 2LL
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: Strand

Identifier

Legal Name: Royal Courts of Justice

Organisation 3

Id: GB-FTS-5790
Name: The Royal Courts of Justice

Roles

mediationBody

Address

Locality: London
Postal Code: WC2A 2LL
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: Strand

Identifier

Legal Name: The Royal Courts of Justice

Organisation 4

Id: GB-FTS-134528
Name: Thorlabs Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UK
Locality: Cambridgeshire
Country Name: United Kingdom

Details

Scale: large

Identifier

Legal Name: Thorlabs Ltd

Organisation 5

Id: GB-FTS-134529
Name: EDMUND OPTICS LTD.

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UK
Locality: York
Country Name: United Kingdom

Details

Scale: sme

Identifier

Legal Name: EDMUND OPTICS LTD.

Organisation 6

Id: GB-FTS-134530
Name: RS COMPONENTS LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UK
Locality: Northants
Country Name: United Kingdom

Details

Scale: large

Identifier

Legal Name: RS COMPONENTS LIMITED

Organisation 7

Id: GB-FTS-134531
Name: PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTD

Roles

supplier

Address

Region: UK
Locality: Bedford
Country Name: United Kingdom

Details

Scale: sme

Identifier

Legal Name: PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTD

Award information

Award 1

Id: 000673-2025-1-1
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: active

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-134528
Name: Thorlabs Ltd

Award 2

Id: 000673-2025-2-2
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: active

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-134529
Name: EDMUND OPTICS LTD.

Award 3

Id: 000673-2025-3-3
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: active

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-134530
Name: RS COMPONENTS LIMITED

Award 4

Id: 000673-2025-4-4
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: active

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-134531
Name: PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTD

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 000673-2025-1-1
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: active
Award ID: 000673-2025-1-1
Date Signed: 29 Oct 2024, 00:00

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Entry 2

Id: 000673-2025-2-2
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: active
Award ID: 000673-2025-2-2
Date Signed: 31 Oct 2024, 00:00

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Entry 3

Id: 000673-2025-3-3
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: active
Award ID: 000673-2025-3-3
Date Signed: 24 Oct 2024, 00:00

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Entry 4

Id: 000673-2025-4-4
Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables
Status: active
Award ID: 000673-2025-4-4
Date Signed: 30 Oct 2024, 00:00

Value

Amount: 600,000
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Nottingham · UKF · NG1 4FQ · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKF

Notice and amendment history

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