Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s) I.2)Type of the contracting authorityBody governed by public law
I.3)Main activityEducation
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe 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
Benthic Chamber and Microprofiling landers and associated equipment.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceSupplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS.
NUTS code UKM25
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The University has a requirement for 3 items of oceanographic research equipment, which are being tendered as separate lots. These comprise: (1) A deep-sea (6 000m rated), 3-legged benthic chamber lander with 21 Nautilus floats and 2 acoustic releases; (2) A 4-legged benthic micro-profiling lander with 12 Nautilus floats and 2 acoustic releases, also deep-sea (6 000m rated); and (3) A deep-sea (6 000m rated) digital stills camera system, all as more particularly described in the Invitation to Tender.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)38290000, 33157500, 38651600, 35125100
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)Value: 429 182 GBP
Excluding VAT
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaThe most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Whole life costs. Weighting 40
2. Specification and fitness for purpose of proposed solution. Weighting 35
3. Comprehensiveness of post installation support and warranty. Weighting 5
4. Product development proposals. Weighting 5
5. Lead-time. Weighting 5
6. Reliability (MTBF / MTTR). Weighting 5
7. Value add. Weighting 5
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
HWU/1620/002
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: HWU/1624/002/2 Lot No: 2 - Lot title: Lot 2: Benthic microprofiling landerV.1)Date of contract award decision:17.5.2016
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 1
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenUnisense
Tueager 1
8200 Aarhus N
DENMARK
V.4)Information on value of contractTotal final value of the contract:
Value: 187 973 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
Contract No: HWU/1624/002/3 Lot No: 3 - Lot title: Lot 3: Deep-sea cameraV.1)Date of contract award decision:17.5.2016
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 2
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenEP Oceanographic LLC
5 Spinnaker Lane
02559 Pocasset
UNITED STATES
V.4)Information on value of contractTotal final value of the contract:
Value: 90 595 USD
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:
(SC Ref:446147).
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:17.5.2016