Tender: UK-Sheffield: laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

UK-Sheffield: laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

2010/S 162-249660

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: E-mail: University of Sheffield
  Procurement Office, 10-12 Brunswick street
  Ms Y. Everitt
  S10 2FNSheffield
  UNITED KINGDOM
  y.everitt@sheffield.ac.uk

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority https://www.in-tendhost.com/sheffield/

  Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  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

  Liquid handling system.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  A public contract

II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement

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

  Supply, installation and commissioning of a modular system for automated acoustic liquid handling medium sized (10 000 member) small molecule libraries, stored in DMSO into either 96 or 384 well format, to include the consumables and software necessary for easy manipulation of accurate reliable dispensing. The system must be contamination free and manage the library status (volume and water content).

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  38000000, 38340000

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

  Yes

• 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

  Supply, installation and commissioning of one system, with warranty or service contracts for 3 or 5 years.

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

  As per tender documents.

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

  As per tender documents.

• 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: As per tender documents.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As per tender documents.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  As per tender documents.

• 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

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 in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

• 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

  146/YE Liquid handling system

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

  No

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 24.9.2010 - 17:00

  Payable documents

  price 100 GBP

  Terms and method of payment: An administrative charge of 100 GBP is applicable for the issue of the tender documents. There will be no charge for expressions of interest in order to view the technical specification but suppliers who submit tender offers will be invoiced after the tender closing date.

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

  28.9.2010 - 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

  Duration in month(s): 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

• IV.3.8)
  Conditions for opening tenders

  Date: 28.9.2010

  Place

  University of Sheffield, Procurement Office.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes

  Authorised representatives from the departments of Finance and Procurement.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  No

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

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  Expressions of Interest must be registered via the University of Sheffield e-tendering portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield.

  Tender reference is 146/YE.

  An administrative charge of 100 GBP is applicable for the issue of the tender documents. There will be no charge for expressions of interest in order to view the technical specification but suppliers who submit tender offers will be invoiced after the tender closing date.

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:

  19.8.2010