Award

UKRI-4869 MRC LMB Gas Cluster Ion Beam System

  • UK Research & Innovation

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-049094

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0542fe (view related notices)

Published 15 August 2025, 12:05pm



Scope

Reference

UKRI-4869

Description

Purchase installation, integration and maintenance of two Gas Cluster Ion Beam Systems

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Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £441,118 excluding VAT
  • £529,342 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

21 July 2025

Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers

21 July 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 27 August 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

1 September 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 2 September 2025 to 30 September 2027
  • Possible extension to 30 September 2031
  • 6 years, 29 days

Description of possible extension:

The initial contract duration shall be for a period of 25 months from the commencement of the Contract.

UKRI reserves the right to extend this contract by up to four years in individual year increments from the end of the initial contract period.

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
  • 38511100 - Scanning electron microscopes
  • 50430000 - Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment

Contract locations

  • UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Information about tenders

  • 1 tender received
  • 1 tender assessed in the final stage:
    • 1 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 0 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure


Supplier

Ionoptika

  • Companies House: 02880176

Unit B6 Millbrook Close

Eastleigh

SO53 4BZ

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ35 - South Hampshire

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

UK Research & Innovation

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Polaris House, North Star Avenue

Swindon

SN2 1FL

United Kingdom

Contact name: Procurement Manager LMB

Telephone: +441793442000

Email: mrcprocurement@ukri.org

Region: UKK14 - Swindon

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)