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250247 Contract for the Supply, Commissioning, Installation & Maintenance for a Dynamic & a Static Mechanical Testing Frame, & Associated Grips & Environmental Test Chambers.
Queen's University Belfast · Education
In brief
Queen's University Belfast has announced plans to buy laboratory equipment work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The notice does not state a value.
The contract runs for 5 years, up to 15 years with extensions, starting 12 January 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually low: a median of 2 bids per contract for this buyer (from 38 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), led by Queen's University Belfast, is key to an exciting future for manufacturing in Northern Ireland, as an industry-led, open-access manufacturing and engineering innovation centre with state-of-the-art facilities and an expert engineering team, underpinned by academic excellence.
As part of this project Queen's University Belfast wish to procure two 250kN Mechanical Testing Frames. We require both a dynamic and static frame for the testing of metals and composites, with associated grips and environmental test chambers.
How to bid
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- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 063337-2025
About the buyer
Queen's University BelfastLast 12 months
Procurements
47Awards
38Suppliers it has used most for laboratory equipment
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- Oxford Lasers Ltd1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open laboratory equipment tenders- £202kestimated
- Value not stated
- £1.34mframework ceiling
From notice 063337-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 8 October 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.