Scope
Description
DN Colleges Group intends to enter into a contract for the provision of laboratory equipment and associated services to enable operation of a Food Science curriculum.
Scope includes: supply, delivery, installation/commissioning, basic training, standard warranties on specific systems to encompass requirements of the equipment and course offering.
Contract 1. Provision of Food Science Laboratory Equipment
Supplier
Contract value
- £317,010.18 excluding VAT
- £380,412.22 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
3 November 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2026
- 1 year
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
Extreme and unavoidable urgency
Notice linkage
This UK5 Transparency Notice relates to a switch to direct award following the unsuccessful open tender CA16214 - Provision of Food Science Laboratory Equipment (Four Lots), published 18 July 2025. Lots 2 and 4 received no tenders. Owing to an OCID input error the platform currently points to a different UK4 notice; this UK5 should be read against CA16214 and concerns Lots 2 and 4 only.
Switch to direct award (unsuccessful competition)
We have selected "Other" & "Extreme and unavoidable urgency" as the supplier has not yet registered to the portal and is currently without a supplier identifier. We will update when a registration takes place.
In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, section 43 ,DN Colleges Group is switching to a direct award for Lots 2 and 4 because the competitive tender returned no tenders. The requirement remains necessary to deliver the curriculum at the NLC new build and to commit UK Food Valley funding by December 2025.
Schedule 5
The conditions in Schedule 5 paragraph 6 are also met:
(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required; and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
A UK6 Contract Award Notice will be published to commence the 8 working day standstill prior to contract signature.
Supplier
Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Companies House: GB-PPON
Bishop Meadow Road
Loughborough
LE11 5RG
United Kingdom
Email: UK.DirectSales@thermo.com
Region: UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Provision of Food Science Laboratory Equipment
Contracting authority
DN Colleges Group
- UK Register of Learning Providers (UKPRN number): 10004695
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZBH-4782-ZMWY
The Hub Chappell Drive
Doncaster
DN1 2RF
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@dncolleges.ac.uk
Website: https://www.dncolleges.ac.uk/
Region: UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government