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Published 31 Mar 2023, 15:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

3721/JN - Cell Sorter · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Sheffield (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)
Awarded value£315,941published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 May 2023awarded 21 Jun 2023
Awarded to Sony Europe B.V.
Contract term Ends 1 Aug 2023starts 31 Jul 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences requires the supply, installation and commissioning of a fluorescently activated cell sorter, which will primarily be used for sorting cells from either cell suspensions or dissociated tissues. The system should be capable of imaging a minimum of 8 colours. A major application for the system will be to sort single cells for downstream mRNA expression analysis on a 10x Genomics Chromium iX machine, so the system needs to be suitable for this.

CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Contract period: 31 Jul 2023 – 1 Aug 2023
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Variant bids: allowed
38900000 Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
31 Mar 2023, 15:35 BST
Last source update
3 Jul 2023, 13:34 BST
Award evaluation window
1 May 2023 – …
Authority reference
3721/JN
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-018836
Classification (CPV)
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b7db Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
2 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
1 May 2023, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield ↗

Timeline

1 May 2023 → 31 Jul 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    1 May 2023, 12:01 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    2 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    3 Jul 2023, 13:34 BST
  4. Contract starts
    31 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Apr 2023
  1. Deadline moved to 2 May 2023, 12:00 BST
    13 Apr 2023, 09:53 BST
    +1 days · was 1 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    3 Jul 2023, 13:34 BST
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.21 May 20232 May 2023+1 d
—Bid openingIV.2.71 May 20232 May 2023+1 d
—DeadlineIV.2.21 May 20233 May 2023+2 d
—Bid openingIV.2.71 May 20233 May 2023+2 d

2 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2023-03: 1 release · 31 Mar 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £315,9411 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 41 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Jun 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Sony Europe B.V.£315,941 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 018836-2023-1 · Sony Europe B.V.

    Signed
    21 Jun 2023
    Value
    £315,941
    Period
    … – 1 Aug 2023
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: RC000667 THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD,WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD, Yorkshire & Humber, S102TNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Sony Europe B.V.Awarded supplierGB-COH: FC035527 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, South East, KT13 0XW

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria