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QUB/2642/25 A Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a supercritical preparative LC system and associated Consumables

Queen's University Belfast · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 21:55.

Opportunity overview

Contract of 5 years, with an option to extend maintenance and consumables beyond this period for a further period of up to 10 years or the end of useful life of the equipment

Awarded to

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Buchi UK Ltd

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Contract value
£200k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
1 May 2025
Award ID
024424-2025-QUB/2642/25-1
Status
active
Location
Suffolk, UKH14, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV33100000 — Medical equipments
  • CPV38000000 — Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
  • CPV38432200 — Chromatographs
  • CPV38434540 — Biomedical equipment

Lots

  • The Northern Ireland Precision Biomarkers and Therapeutics Consortium (NIPBT) is an industry-focused partnership of Life and Health Science (LHS) companies and Academia, aligned to NI Health and Economy strategies. By addressing critical commercial gaps, the Consortium's aim is to transform the productivity of each Commercial Partner and the broader LHS sector in NI. NIPBT will deploy the grant funding to collaboratively develop R&D capabilities that industry partners require. Queen’s is leading and hosting this research hub, as such is tasked with procuring and installing supercritical fluid preparative system within the Health Sciences Building, Queen’s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7 AE. Queen’s University of Belfast wishes to procure a supercritical fluid preparative system that can support analytical method development and preparative LC. The system will be used for the purification of synthetic small molecule compound libraries.Value not stated

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
QUB/2642/25
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Review Details
This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
goods
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2

Unstructured Changes

Bid Opening

Date
24 Mar 2025, 16:10

Address

Street Address
Belfast

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
24 Mar 2025, 16:10

Tender Period

Ends
24 Mar 2025, 16:00

Classification

Id
38432200
Scheme
CPV
Description
Chromatographs

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

written

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
No
Description
The Northern Ireland Precision Biomarkers and Therapeutics Consortium (NIPBT) is an industry-focused partnership of Life and Health Science (LHS) companies and Academia, aligned to NI Health and Economy strategies. By addressing critical commercial gaps, the Consortium's aim is to transform the productivity of each Commercial Partner and the broader LHS sector in NI. NIPBT will deploy the grant funding to collaboratively develop R&D capabilities that industry partners require. Queen’s is leading and hosting this research hub, as such is tasked with procuring and installing supercritical fluid preparative system within the Health Sciences Building, Queen’s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7 AE. Queen’s University of Belfast wishes to procure a supercritical fluid preparative system that can support analytical method development and preparative LC. The system will be used for the purification of synthetic small molecule compound libraries.

Options

Description
5 years, with an option to extend maintenance and consumables beyond this period for a further period of up to 10 years or the end of useful life of the equipment.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Technical
Type
quality
Description
20%
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
80%

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,800

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Belfast

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN06
Entry 2
Region
UKN06
Entry 3
Region
UKN06

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
38432200
Scheme
CPV
Description
Chromatographs
Entry 2
Id
38434540
Scheme
CPV
Description
Biomedical equipment
Entry 3
Id
38000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Entry 4
Id
33100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Medical equipments

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-138469
Name
Queen's University Belfast

Roles

buyer
reviewBody

Address

Region
UKN06
Locality
Belfast
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
University Road, BT7 1NN

Details

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

Legal Name
Queen's University Belfast

Contact

Name
Emma O'Rourke

Additional Contact Points

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-2124
Name
Queen's University Belfast

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Belfast
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Queen's University Belfast

Contact

Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-148954
Name
Buchi UK Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH14
Locality
Suffolk
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Buchi UK Ltd

Award information

Award 1
Id
024424-2025-QUB/2642/25-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-148954
Name
Buchi UK Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
024424-2025-QUB/2642/25-1
Status
active
Award ID
024424-2025-QUB/2642/25-1
Date Signed
2 May 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
200,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKN06

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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