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Contract Award Notice

Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables

  • First published: 26 February 2025
  • Last modified: 26 February 2025
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-04844c
Published by:
Nottingham Trent University (NTU)
Authority ID:
AA83233
Publication date:
26 February 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

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.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Nottingham Trent University (NTU)

GB 277399933

50 Shakespeare Street

Nottingham

NG1 4FQ

UK

Contact person: Sarah Turton

Telephone: +44 1158486439

E-mail: sarah.turton@ntu.ac.uk

NUTS: UKF

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/128806

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables

Reference number: NTU/24/2673/ST

II.1.2) Main CPV code

38000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description

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.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 600 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

Lot No: 1

II.2.1) Title

Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

31000000

31131100

31712335

31712348

32560000

32561000

32562000

38433000

38433300

38519400

38519600

38519650

38600000

38623000

38636000

38636100

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 2

II.2.1) Title

Optomechanical devices and components

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 3

II.2.1) Title

Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Optical tables, breadboards, and accessories, including but not limited to enclosures, feet, handles, shelving, fixtures, and screens/curtains.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 4

II.2.1) Title

Manual and motorised stages, micrometres, actuators, and positioners

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 5

II.2.1) Title

Test and calibration targets, reticules, and tools

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 6

II.2.1) Title

Fibre optics, fibre test instruments, and fibre processing tools

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 7

II.2.1) Title

Instrumentation

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 8

II.2.1) Title

Light sources

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 9

II.2.1) Title

General Accessories, Equipment Components and Consumables

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

General accessories, equipment components and consumables related to optical equipment.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 10

II.2.1) Title

Future technologies

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKF


Main site or place of performance:

Nottingham

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Future technologies related to optical equipment components and consumables. Tenderer to indicate what they will offer under this lot in their tender response.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion: Pricing (Transparency & Visibility) / Weighting: 10

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2024/S 000-023092

IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 1-10

Contract No: 1

Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

29/10/2024

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Thorlabs Ltd

Cambridgeshire

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 600 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 1-9

Contract No: 2

Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

31/10/2024

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

EDMUND OPTICS LTD.

York

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 600 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 1-9

Contract No: 3

Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

24/10/2024

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

RS COMPONENTS LIMITED

Northants

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 600 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 1-9

Contract No: 4

Title: Optical Related Equipment Components and Consumables

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

30/10/2024

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTD

Bedford

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 600 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

The Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

09/01/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
31131100 Actuators Single-phase motors
38519400 Automated microscope stages Miscellaneous compounds for microscopes
31000000 Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting Technology and Equipment
32561000 Fibre-optic connections Fibre-optic materials
32560000 Fibre-optic materials Telecommunications equipment and supplies
38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) Technology and Equipment
31712348 Laser diodes Microelectronic machinery and apparatus and microsystems
38636100 Lasers Specialist optical instruments
38519600 Microscope eyepieces, condensers, collectors, tubes, stages and covers Miscellaneous compounds for microscopes
38519650 Microscope stages Miscellaneous compounds for microscopes
31712335 Optical coupled isolators Microelectronic machinery and apparatus and microsystems
38623000 Optical filters Polarising material
38600000 Optical instruments Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
32562000 Optical-fibre cables Fibre-optic materials
38636000 Specialist optical instruments Astronomical and optical instruments
38433000 Spectrometers Detection and analysis apparatus
38433300 Spectrum analyser Spectrometers

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100 UK - All

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sarah.turton@ntu.ac.uk
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Other contact:
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