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Lab Equipment (General)

Awarded to Appleton Woods Ltd, Appleton Woods Ltd., Appleton Woods Ltd. +16 more

London Universities Purchasing Consortium(buyer)

Published
Published 18 December 2024
Deadline
Closed 19 March 2025

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London Universities Purchasing Consortium has awarded a multi-supplier framework agreement for the supply of general laboratory equipment across nine specific equipment lots plus a One Stop Shop lot, with a total contract value of £2,000,000,000 awarded on 29 September 2025. The successful suppliers are Appleton Woods Ltd, Be Scientific Ltd, Camlab, Fisher Scientific UK Ltd, SciQuip Ltd, Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd, VWR International, and Wolf Laboratories. The framework is now in delivery and complete.

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Lots (10)

  • Centrifuges

    Lot 1, Centrifuges includes: Evaporator, Centrifugal evaporator, microcentrifuge refrigerated, microcentrifuge non refrigerated, low speed refrigerated, low speed non – refrigerated, medium speed refrigerated, medium speed non- refrigerated, high speed non-refrigerated, high speed Refrigerated, Analytica ultra non – refrigerated.

  • One Stop Shop lot

    Lot 10, 0ne Stop Shop. To select suppliers who can supply a single source for all equipment (and CPV codes) defined in lot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, above. In order to be eligible to bid for this lot, bidders whill have to provide lots 2, 7 and at least three other lots

  • Environmental Control

    Lot 2, Environmental Control: Circulators (cooled), Circulators (heated), Dry Block Heaters, Drying Cabinet, Freeze Dryer, Furnaces, Heating Mantles, Hotplates, Hybridisation Ovens, Incubator, Incubator Shaking, sub-ambient Incubator Shaking, above ambient, Incubator Standard, Incubator Sub-Ambient, Laboratory Ovens, Laboratory Ovens (Vacuum), Plasma Thawer, Shakers (benchtop), Water Baths.

  • Safety

    Lot 3, Safety: Small Autoclaves - Bench Top, Floor-Standing Autoclave - Front Loader, Floor-Standing Autoclave - Top Loader, Glass washing, Fume Cupboard (non - ducted), Fume Cupboard (ducted), Safety Cabinet Class 1, Safety Cabinet Class 2, Safety Cabinet Class 3, Laminar Flow Cabinets.

  • Measurement

    Lot 4, Measurement: Laboratory Balances, Chart Recorders, Chloride Meters, Colony Counters, Colorimeters, Conductivity Meters, Dissolved Oxygen Meters, Flame Photometers, Fluorimeters, Melting Point Apparatus,pH Meters, Spectrophotometer (UV & Vis), Thermo hygrometers, Viscometer, Combustion Elemental Analyser, Nitric Oxide Analyser, Micro Gas Analysers, Total Organic Halides (TOX)/ Adsorbable Organic Halides (AOX), Mercury Analysers, Analyser Alkalinity System, Potentiometric Titration, Coulometric and Volumetric Titrator Karl Fischer.

  • Environmental Storage - Fridges and Freezers

    Lot 5, Environmental Storage Fridge and Freezers: Environmental monitoring systems, Laboratory Refrigerator +4oC, Freezers -20oC: upright, Freezers -20oC: chest, Freezers -35oC upright, Freezers -35oC upright chest, Ultra Low Temperature Freezer -80oc upright, Ultra Low Temperature Freezer -80oc chest, Rapid Plasma Freezers, Laboratory Refrigerator +4oC low energy, Freezers -20oC: low energy upright, Freezers -20oC: low energy chest, Freezers -35oC low energy upright, Freezers -35oC low energy chest, Ultra Low Temperature Freezer -80oc low energy upright, Ultra Low Temperature Freezer -80oc low energy chest.

  • Environmental Storage - Other Equipment

    Lot 6, Environmental Storage Other: Cryogenic Conservation Vessels, Cryostats, Ice Maker, Liquid Nitrogen Dewars, Cryostorage Freezer System-150°c, chest.

  • General Equipment - Miscellaneous

    Lot 7, General (Miscellaneous): Heat Sealers, Inverted Microscopes, Laboratory Benches & Chairs, Mixers (vortex), Pulveriser, Pumps, peristaltic, Pumps, vacuum, Rotary Evaporators, Sonicator, Standard Microscopes, Stereo Microscopes, Stirrers, O2 gas monitor portable, O2 gas monitor wall mounted, O2 gas monitor clip, CO2 gas monitor portable, CO2 gas monitor wall mounted, CO2 gas monitor clip.

  • Water Purification Systems

    Lot 8, Water Purification Equipment for Laboratories: Type 1 (for ISO Grade 1 water), Type 2 (for ISO Grade 2 water) and Type 3 1 (for ISO Grade 3 water) water purification systems.

  • Liquid Handling Robotics and Laboratory Automation Systems

    Lot 9: Liquid Handling Robotics and Laboratory Automation Systems: Liquid Handling Robotics, Laboratory Automation Systems.

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Goods
Estimated value
£200,000,000
Procedure
Open
Contract type
Framework agreement
Published
18 December 2024
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Medical equipmentsIncubatorsCryosurgical and cryotherapy devicesAutoclavesLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)Measuring instrumentsInstruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gasesDetection and analysis apparatus+19 more

Award outcome

Awarded value
£2,000,000,000
Award date
29 September 2025
Contract period
— → 12 September 2028
Winners
  • Appleton Woods Ltd
  • Appleton Woods Ltd.
  • Appleton Woods Ltd.
  • Be Scientific Ltd.
  • Camlab
  • Camlab Limited
  • Camlab Ltd.
  • Fisher Scientific UK Ltd
  • Fisher Scientific UK Ltd.
  • SciQuip Ltd
  • SciQuip Ltd.
  • Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd
  • Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd.
  • VWR International
  • VWR International Ltd
  • VWR International Ltd.
  • Wolf Laboratories
  • Wolf Laboratories Limited
  • Wolf Laboratories Ltd.

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    30 September 2025

  2. Contract Notice

    10 April 2025

  3. Tender Update

    10 April 2025

  4. Tender Update

    13 March 2025

  5. Prior Information Notice

    18 December 2024

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