RE140017
Contract notice
Supplies
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
UK Shared Business Services Ltd.
North Star House, North Star Avenue
For the attention of: Andrew Fernandez
SN2 1FF Swindon
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Other: Research
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
RE140017
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Purchase
NUTS code UKJ23
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
1.
Introduction and Summary
1.1.
The contractor will manufacture, supply, deliver, position, install, test and commission one 200kV Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) at the Pirbright Institute, UK (hereafter referred to as ‘Pirbright').
1.2.
The TEM covered by this specification will provide Pirbright with an electron microscope suitable for room temperature imaging of resin sections, room temperature electron tomography (ET) of resin sections, cryo-TEM of vitrified thin films and cryo-ET of frozen cell monolayers. Included in the tender should be the hardware and software to enable the microscope to be operated in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) mode, although this is not an essential requirement.
1.3.
The microscope will be provided with a lanthanum boride electron source, although a quote for an equivalent instrument with field emission source should be provided.
1.4.
The microscope will be used to conduct globally significant cutting edge research in the area of veterinary and medical virology under Specified Animal Pathogen Order level 4 (SAPO4) and Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens level 3 (ACDP3) high containment conditions.
1.5.
The microscope should be provided with a fully tested decontamination system.
1.6.
Pirbright invites tenders for the instrument described below, each condition is described as essential, highly desirable or desirable in italics.
Introduction and Summary
1.1.
The contractor will manufacture, supply, deliver, position, install, test and commission one 200kV Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) at the Pirbright Institute, UK (hereafter referred to as ‘Pirbright').
1.2.
The TEM covered by this specification will provide Pirbright with an electron microscope suitable for room temperature imaging of resin sections, room temperature electron tomography (ET) of resin sections, cryo-TEM of vitrified thin films and cryo-ET of frozen cell monolayers. Included in the tender should be the hardware and software to enable the microscope to be operated in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) mode, although this is not an essential requirement.
1.3.
The microscope will be provided with a lanthanum boride electron source, although a quote for an equivalent instrument with field emission source should be provided.
1.4.
The microscope will be used to conduct globally significant cutting edge research in the area of veterinary and medical virology under Specified Animal Pathogen Order level 4 (SAPO4) and Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens level 3 (ACDP3) high containment conditions.
1.5.
The microscope should be provided with a fully tested decontamination system.
1.6.
Pirbright invites tenders for the instrument described below, each condition is described as essential, highly desirable or desirable in italics.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
38511200
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Refer to tender documentation, supplied on request.
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
in days: 90 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
RE140017
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17.3.2014 - 12:00
Payable documents: no
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
17.3.2014 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 17.3.2014 - 12:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
30.1.2014