Laboratory Equipment and Maintenance Services Framework – Lots 1 and 2

What the buyer is asking for

United Utilities is seeking to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the supply of laboratory equipment and associated maintenance services. The Framework will support regulatory, operational and investigative laboratory testing requirements. Lot 1 – Laboratory Equipment Supply, Installation, Warranty and Lifecycle Support: supply, delivery, installation, commissioning, warranty and associated lifecycle support for new and replacement laboratory equipment. Lot 2 – Laboratory Equipment Maintenance, Repair and Lifecycle Support: planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance and repair, service-tier support, spare parts, lifecycle support and associated service-level requirements for laboratory equipment assets. The Framework will operate for an initial term of four years, with options to extend by up to a further four years.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 60%qualityTechnicalTechnical evaluation will be undertaken in accordance with the Lot 1 evaluation methodology set out in the ITN and associated tender documents. Tenderers must demonstrate their ability to supply, install, commission and support laboratory equipment in accordance with the required specifications, including warranty and lifecycle requirements. Tenderers must achieve the stated minimum technical threshold
• 40%costCommercialCommercial evaluation will be undertaken in accordance with the Lot 1 Pricing Workbook and the ITN. The evaluation includes unit prices, five-year lifecycle cost, spare-parts discounts and volume rebates, using the published scoring methodology and weightings

2 lots

You can usually bid for one lot without bidding for all of them.

• Lot 1 – Laboratory Equipment Supply, Replacement & Warranty£16m

  Lot 1 covers the supply of new and replacement laboratory equipment, including associated installation, commissioning, training, handover, warranty support and lifecycle information during the warranty period. The scope is intentionally broad at framework level to ensure United Utilities can access appropriate laboratory equipment and instrumentation as testing requirements evolve. Specific equipment requirements will be defined at call-off mini-competition stage

• Lot 2 – Maintenance, Repair & Lifecycle Support£9.0m

  Lot 2 covers planned maintenance, reactive maintenance, repairs, parts and post-warranty lifecycle support for laboratory equipment and instrumentation. Lot 2 is intended to provide a structured route for maintaining laboratory assets once they are outside warranty, or where a maintenance requirement is otherwise required. The purpose of Lot 2 is to improve service resilience, asset availability, lifecycle visibility and commercial control across the laboratory equipment estate

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published6 days ago

   16 Sept 2026, 07:02 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 9 days

   30 Sept 2026, 18:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 21 days

   12 Oct 2026, 18:00 BST
4. Award decision expected byin 74 days

   4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice16 Sept 2026, 07:02 BST087536-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender