Purchase of VP-SEM
Details
- Buyer
- Cardiff University
- Supplier(s)
- Carl Zeiss Ltd, Medical Division
- Value
- 280,000
- Topic
- Scanning electron microscopes
- Published
- 4 June 2024
- Source
- uk:sell2wales
Tender description
Cardiff University were awarded a sum of money via a grant. The research this grant was awarded for required a Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope. Procurement Services have procured a VP-SEM on in collaboration with the grant holder via the UKUPC HVLE Framework. Procurement Services utilised the ranked system on this framework and approached the 4 suppliers to purchase the requirement. Ranked 1, 2 & 3 were unable to quote/unable to provide the required specification. The requirement was sent to 4th place who were able to supply. The contract was then awarded in accordance to the Framework rules and in line with PCR2015.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date17 May 2024
- Completed: Award published4 June 2024Current notice
About the buyer
Cardiff University is a higher education buyer based in the Welsh capital, and it advertises larger contract opportunities through the Sell2Wales portal. Current tender notices for the University are also published on InTend and the Tenders Electronic Daily service. Suppliers working with the University must hold a valid purchase order in place before any goods are delivered or any work begins. Purchase card payment covers smaller transactions instead of a formal purchase order. Every procurement at the University is run for value for money alongside environmental, social and governance impact across the whole life of the contract.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of Cardiff University's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.
Relevant CPV codes
- 38511100 · Scanning electron microscopes
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cardiff-university.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cardiff-university.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cardiff-university.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cardiff-university.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cardiff-university.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@cardiff-university.gov |
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