Contract

Provision of a Contract for Core Scanning Equipment Servicing

  • National Oceanography Centre

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010809

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0649be

Published 6 February 2026, 10:29am



Scope

Description

A contract for the servicing of our Itrax Core Scanner, a key piece of equipment in our BOSCORF facility.

The contract supplier is the OEM of the equipment and therefore the only viable provider of the required services.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £29,650 excluding VAT
  • £35,580 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

29 January 2026

Contract dates

  • 29 January 2026 to 23 November 2028
  • 2 years, 9 months, 26 days

Main procurement category

Services

Options

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

Options to include ad-hoc on site support visits at a fixed price, with the provision of a ~4% increase per annum in line with inflation

CPV classifications

  • 50532000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment

Contract locations

  • UKJ32 - Southampton

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

Cox Analytical Systems

Östergårdsgatan 7

Mölndal

431 53

Sweden

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

National Oceanography Centre

  • Companies House: 11444362
  • Charity Commission (England and Wales): 1185265
  • Scottish Charity Register: SC049896
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYLV-3456-PMCQ

National Oceanography Centre

Southampton

SO14 3ZH

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ32 - Southampton

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government