Tender: UK-Bath: instruments for checking physical characteristics

UK-Bath: instruments for checking physical characteristics

2010/S 48-070740

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):

  University of Bath, Claverton Down, Attn: Mr M Holley, Purchasing Services, Bath BA2 7AY, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1225386747. E-mail: tenders@bath.ac.uk. Fax +44 1225386616.

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: www.bath.ac.uk.

  Further information can be obtained at: See Section VI.3 Additional Information.

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

• I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:

  Body governed by public law.

  Education.

  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:

  UK-Bath: UHV LT scanning probe microscope.

• II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

  Supplies.

  Purchase.

  Main place of delivery: Department of Physics.

• II.1.3)The notice involves:

  A public contract.

• II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:

  Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:

  Estimated value excluding VAT: GBP.

• II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

  Supply, delivery and installation of a ultra high vacuum, low temperature scanning probe microscope.

• II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

  38400000.

II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):

• II.1.8)Division into lots:

  No.

• II.1.9)Variants will be accepted:

  No.

II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Options:

II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
• III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

  Per Tender Documentation.

• III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:

  All payments will be made in GBP via electronic bank transfer UK-BACS.

• III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

  Joint and several liability.

• III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:

  No.

• III.2)CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
• III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

  (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

  (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

  (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

  (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

  (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;

  (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

  (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

• III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

  (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;

  (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

• III.2.3)Technical capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  (j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;

• III.2.4)Reserved contracts:

  No.

• III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
• III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

  No.

III.3.2)Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:

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:

• IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)Award criteria:

  The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below:

  Functional and technical merit. Weighting: 45.

  Price / Running costs - based on a 5 year total cost of ownership mode. Weighting: 35.

  Delivery date. Weighting: 10.

  After-sales support/service. Weighting: 5.

  Technical support inclusive of provision of training. Weighting: 5.

• IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used:

  No.

• IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

  PSTMH0310.

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:

• IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

  Payable documents: no.

• IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:

  23.4.2010 - 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:

  Until: 30.11.2010.

• IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:

  Date: 23.4.2010 - 13:00.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:

• VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  This notice, subsequent tender, and award are part of the University of Bath E-tendering programme in conjunction with BiP Solutions Ltd. In order to participate suppliers should express their interest by registering on the following website https://www.delta-ets.com, entering the following tender access code (TAC)04T882268 as requested during the registration process. Once registered you will receive an email containing a username and password to allow access to the Delta-ets service. This will allow you to access the Tender document contained within the Vault section of the website, this is the means of "expression of interest".

  Documents should be downloaded then completed and returned through the system as per instructions. If you require assistance in using the eTendering Vault Service to submit your completed response, it is available from BiP Solutions Ltd on +44 8452707050 or email helpdesk@delta-ets.com. Assistance on completing documents is available from the University of Bath via the Vault services email the buyer facility.

  GO reference: GO 10030810/01.

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:

  8.3.2010.