Award

ID 6038208 - DFE - SWC - Supply and Delivery of Mechatronics Equipment

  • South West College

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-077362

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05a51e (view related notices)

Published 26 November 2025, 3:23pm



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

Award decision date

26 November 2025

Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers

26 November 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 8 December 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

9 December 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 30 January 2026 to 29 January 2027
  • Possible extension to 29 January 2029
  • 3 years

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)

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

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


Contact organisation

Contact CPD - Supplies & Services Division for any enquiries.