← Back to opportunities

Stereo Comparison Microscopes

Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands

Buyer Address: Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, UKG31, B4 6AT, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@westmidlands.police.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
608772.66 GBP
Published
28 Mar 2025, 20:50
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
09 Apr 2025, 23:00
Contract End
09 Apr 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
38510000 - Microscopes
Region
n/a
Awarded To
GT VISION LTD
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The Authority has a requirement for 6 new forensic comparison microscopes for ballistic analysis. The microscopes are the main equipment used by ballistic experts providing fast time intelligence for the national service.

Linked Documents

No linked documents found for this notice.

Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Raw Notice JSON

Expand raw payload
{
  "awards": [
    {
      "aboveThreshold": true,
      "contractPeriod": {
        "endDate": "2026-04-09T23:59:59+01:00",
        "startDate": "2025-04-10T00:00:00+01:00"
      },
      "documents": [
        {
          "datePublished": "2025-03-28T20:50:25Z",
          "description": "Transparency notice on Find a Tender",
          "documentType": "awardNotice",
          "format": "text/html",
          "id": "011889-2025",
          "noticeType": "UK5",
          "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011889-2025"
        }
      ],
      "id": "1",
      "items": [
        {
          "additionalClassifications": [
            {
              "description": "Microscopes",
              "id": "38510000",
              "scheme": "CPV"
            }
          ],
          "id": "1",
          "relatedLot": "1"
        }
      ],
      "mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
      "milestones": [
        {
          "dueDate": "2025-04-09T23:59:59+01:00",
          "id": "1",
          "status": "scheduled",
          "type": "futureSignatureDate"
        }
      ],
      "relatedLots": [
        "1"
      ],
      "status": "pending",
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "GB-COH-04974093",
          "name": "GT VISION LTD"
        }
      ],
      "value": {
        "amount": 608772.66,
        "amountGross": 730527.19,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-PPON-PHLH-1699-TDLT",
    "name": "Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands"
  },
  "date": "2025-03-28T20:50:25Z",
  "id": "011889-2025",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "en",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fa62",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Birmingham",
        "postalCode": "B4 6AT",
        "region": "UKG31",
        "streetAddress": "Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "procurement@westmidlands.police.uk"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government",
            "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE"
          }
        ]
      },
      "id": "GB-PPON-PHLH-1699-TDLT",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PHLH-1699-TDLT",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "name": "Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "additionalIdentifiers": [
        {
          "id": "PYBQ-5578-VNZD",
          "scheme": "GB-PPON"
        }
      ],
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Wickhambrook",
        "postalCode": "CB8 8PQ",
        "region": "UKH14",
        "streetAddress": "Clopton Hall Farm"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "sales@gtvision.co.uk"
      },
      "details": {
        "scale": "sme",
        "url": "http://www.gtvision.co.uk",
        "vcse": false
      },
      "id": "GB-COH-04974093",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "04974093",
        "scheme": "GB-COH"
      },
      "name": "GT VISION LTD",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award",
    "contract"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "description": "The Authority has a requirement for 6 new forensic comparison microscopes for ballistic analysis. The microscopes are the main equipment used by ballistic experts providing fast time intelligence for the national service.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "description": "Not published",
        "documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
        "id": "conflictOfInterest"
      }
    ],
    "id": "WMP0850",
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "scheme": "UKPGA",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "status": "complete"
      }
    ],
    "procurementMethod": "direct",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Direct award",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "The Authority has a requirement for 6 new forensic comparison microscopes for ballistic analysis. The microscopes are the main equipment used by ballistic experts providing fast time intelligence for the national service.\nIt is essential, due to the retention of 4 current FS4000 systems, that all parts are compatible and transferable with a Leica FSC comparison microscope. It is also essential to minimise training requirements that new systems are (with the exception of technological advances) functionally identical to the Leica FS4000 systems.",
    "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
      {
        "id": "additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement"
      }
    ],
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Stereo Comparison Microscopes"
  }
}