ID 6121155 - AFBI - CSB - Supply, Delivery and Support of a Liquid-Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometer (LC-MS) with Linear Ion Trap (LIT) Functionality
Awarded to AB SCIEX UK LIMITED
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute(buyer)
- Published
- Published 17 December 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 26 January 2026
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Overview
Contracting authority
1 live opportunity · 13 awarded contracts
Belfast, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PBLN-5294-NVHZ
CPD - Supplies & Services Division
Procuring entityBelfast, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PVWG-8426-YWXV
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Goods
- Estimated value
- £475,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 17 December 2025
- Questions by
- 14 January 2026
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £475,000
- Award date
- 5 February 2026
- Contract period
- 17 February 2026 → 31 March 2031
- Contract length
- 5 years 1 month
- Could run to
- 31 March 2036
- Bids received
- 2
- AB SCIEX UK LIMITED
This contract ends on 31 March 2031, or 31 March 2036 if every extension is used.
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About the winner
AB SCIEX UK LIMITED
- Based in
- Solihull
- Public contracts won
- 23
- Across UK and EU notices
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
2
0 from SMEs
Open and restricted tenders in Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) drew a median of 2 bids over the last 24 months; 33% received only one.
How bids were scored
- MFR1 - Minimum Functional Requirements (MFR 1-25)
- STD1 - Minimal Functional Requirements: Supporting Technical Documentation/Narrative
- T1 - Training Requirements
- D1 - Delivery Requirements
- QA1 - Solvent standard test – CV% of repeated injections of Antiparasitics (A/P) standard
- QA2 - Solvent standard test – Instrument Detection Limit of A/P standard
- QA3a - Sample test – Quantitative Analysis A/P - Linearity over limited range (R2 + Residuals)
- QA3b - Sample test - Quantitative Analysis A/P – Positive samples average concentration + CV%
- QA3c - Sample test - Quantitative Analysis A/P – Successful determination of unknown analyte concentration including blank samples
- QA4a - Sample test – Quantitative Analysis of Amphenicols (AMP) - Linearity over limited range (R2 + Residuals)
- QA4b - Sample test - Quantitative Analysis Amphenicols – positive samples average concentration + CV%
- QA4c - Sample test - Quantitative Analysis Amphenicols – successful determination of unknown analyte concentration including blank samples
Market context
Typical award in Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
£74,808
Median of 2,392 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 6.3× the median.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in the last 12 months
11
contracts awarded, worth £104,194,863 in total
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Notice history
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Contract
13 March 2026
Contract
6 February 2026
Contract Notice
17 December 2025
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