Contract

Metallographic Polishing Machine

  • ORE Catapult

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-064899

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05ae22 (view related notices)

Published 13 October 2025, 4:05pm



Scope

Description

This is a CapEx request for the acquisition of the Metallographic Polishing Machine to enhance the diagnostic and testing capabilities of the new Tribology Lab under Materials Service: The polishing machine is required to prepare metallographic samples to the quality needed for accurate SEM imaging and analysis

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Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £30,000 excluding VAT
  • £36,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

13 October 2025

Contract dates

  • 15 October 2025 to 27 February 2026
  • 4 months, 13 days

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 31600000 - Electrical equipment and apparatus

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

Struers

148 Edmund Street

Birmingham

B3 2JR

United Kingdom

Contact name: David Fern

Telephone: 08456046664

Email: david.fern@struers.co.uk

Region: UKG31 - Birmingham

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

ORE Catapult

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYJB-8958-TLYW

121 George Street

Glasgow

G1 1RD

United Kingdom

Contact name: Sian Kerrison

Telephone: 01234567890

Email: sian.kerrison@ore.catapult.org.uk

Region: UKM82 - Glasgow City

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