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Published 25 Mar 2021, 12:48 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Award of Supply, Delivery and Commissioning of a Dilution Refrigerator

Official notice

Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£346,000exc. VAT7.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Apr 2021awarded 5 Jul 2021
Awarded to Oxford Instruments Nanoscience

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Award of Supply, Delivery and Commissioning of a Dilution Refrigerator

CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Refrigerators and freezers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This award is for the supply, delivery and commissioning of a cryogen-free dilution…Awarded

This award is for the supply, delivery and commissioning of a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator equipped with a super conductive magnet to test and characterise the proposed quantum electronic devices.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the Successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of suppliers or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this optionVariant bids: not allowed

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60%
  • Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60
  • Commercial: 40
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Part 4B1.2 SPD - Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 692,000.00 GBP for the past three financial years.

    Minimum: Part 4B.5 SPD - It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequent awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10,000,000.00 GBP Public …
  • Technical & professional ability

    Part 4C1.2 SPD - Bidders will be required to provide three (3) prior examples of previous experience in providing the offered equipment.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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 · publisher note attached
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
25 Mar 2021, 12:48 GMT
Last source update
2 Aug 2021, 08:55 BST
Award evaluation window
26 Apr 2021 – …
Authority reference
UOS-19814-2021
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-018352
Classification (CPV)
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)Refrigerators and freezers
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029f32 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:662430)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
26 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
26 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Apr 2021 → 2 Aug 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    26 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    2 Aug 2021, 08:55 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Aug 2021, 08:55 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £371,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Jul 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Oxford Instruments Nanoscience£371,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Strathclyde

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 40 George Street, Procurement Department, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1QEContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.