Stale Pre-tender

Supply of up to four (4) Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometers (ICPOES)

Details

Value
£328,064
Topic
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Published
17 January 2025

Tender description

The Environment Agency requires up to four (4) Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometers (ICPOES) for delivery over a three (3) year period. Lot 1: The Environment Agencies, Monitoring Laboratories (ML) operate as a business unit of the Environment Agency (EA) and are based at two (2) locations; Starcross and Leeds. The ML has responsibility for the provision of analytical analysis in accordance with the EA’s statutory responsibility for monitoring the environment. <br/><br/>The EA require the supply of up to (4) four Inductively Couple Plasma Optical Emission Spectrophotometer (ICPOES) (the Equipment) across their two (2) laboratories. <br/><br/>The Equipment is required for the analysis of a range of metals in water, sediment, soil, biota and waste materials and are the industry standard for these measurements used across regulatory, water industry and commercial laboratories. Additional information: The Environment Agency is expecting to follow the Open procedure for this requirement. <br/>It is expected that all Tenderers shall make available the Equipment and personnel for two (2) Working Days between the 24th March and the 2nd May 2025 for the EA to undertake the trial tasks of their proposed Equipment.<br/>The Equipment for evaluation must be available in the UK. <br/><br/>.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published17 January 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 38000000 · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
  • 51430000 · Installation services of laboratory equipment

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