Scope
Reference
ID 6038208
Description
South West College is the Engineering Hub for the region and boasts engineering courses ranging from basic skills to Honours Degree Level programmes and is seeking a Supplier to provide mechatronics equipment, which must include: 3 x hydraulic power pumps; 6 x electro pneumatics training kits; 6 x advanced electro pneumatics training kits; 3 x hydraulics training kits: 2 x mechatronic modular production stations (MPS); 1 x mobile work stations for electro pneumatics kits and classes.
Contract 1. ID 6038208 - DFE - SWC - Supply and Delivery of Mechatronics Equipment
Supplier
Contract value
- £169,257.60 excluding VAT
- £203,109.12 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Date signed
8 December 2025
Contract dates
- 9 December 2025 to 29 January 2027
- Possible extension to 29 January 2029
- 3 years, 1 month, 21 days
Description of possible extension:
Two optional extension periods of 12 months each to cover servicing, maintenance and support.
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 42000000 - Industrial machinery
- 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Justification for not setting key performance indicators
Contract value does not reach the threshold for mandatory inclusion of KPIs.
Other information
Applicable trade agreements
- Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
Didactic Services Limited
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZLR-8726-DBJR
Ward Mackenzie, Thatcher House, 12 Mount Ephraim
Tunbridge Wells
TN4 8AS
United Kingdom
Region: UKJ46 - West Kent
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. ID 6038208 - DFE - SWC - Supply and Delivery of Mechatronics Equipment
Contracting authority
South West College
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJNR-3745-PPBV
2 Mountjoy Road
Omagh
BT79 7AH
United Kingdom
Region: UKN0G - Fermanagh and Omagh
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland
Other organisation
These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.
CPD - Supplies & Services Division
Summary of their role in this procurement: Construction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVWG-8426-YWXV
303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
United Kingdom
Region: UKN06 - Belfast