Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 3 Jun 2021, 13:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for the Supply of Ambient Metals Monitoring System to the University of Birmingham

Official notice

Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)

Awarded value£201,255published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 23 Jun 2021no call for competition

Awarded to ACOEM UK LImited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Air Quality Supersite Triplets (UK-AQST) is a NERC funded national facility, and has

been funded by NERC capital fund to provide access to two mobile air quality

laboratories for UK atmospheric science community. The new air quality

laboratories will be paired with one of the existing supersites in Birmingham, London

or Manchester, to provide a first-ever monitoring of detailed air pollution

composition at three different types of sites, e.g., roadside, urban, and rural

(upwind) locations. As part of the newly funded UK-AQST, we wish to acquire one

online XRF ambient multi- metal monitoring system and one Fidas, exactly the same

as in the existing NERC-funded air quality supersite, for each mobile laboratory.

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1To provide the comparable results with data from existing air quality supersites inAwarded

To provide the comparable results with data from existing air quality supersites in

Birmingham, London or Manchester, the Air Quality Supersite Triplets wish to

procure

Ambient Metals Monitoring System
XRF check standards
PM10 inlet
PM2.5 inlet
Roof-pass through kit
Inlet Swapping system Additional information: The University has applied a 10 calendar days standstill period from publication of this notice.

Delivery: West Midlands

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 3 Jun 2021, 13:21 BST
Last source update: 14 Jul 2021, 13:34 BST
Authority reference: SC9214/21
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-016486
Classification (CPV): Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02b805 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: AECOM is the only company that offers both instruments that provide an online
observation of a range of metals in PM2.5 and PM10 as well as total mass
concentration of PM2.5 and PM10. The online XRF instrument must provide the
measurement of 67 metals simultaneously including Pb, As, and Cd. The
instruments must be validated by US EPA Environmental Technology Verification
programme, an automated source characterisation software for easy assessment of
data collected on system, automatically crate graphical displays, option to connect
remotely to the system, proven ability to sample while in a moving vehicle, ability to
automatically alternate between sampling PM10 and PM2.5. To the best of our
knowledge, Xact is the only instrument that can meet this requirement
The Air Quality Supersite Triplets, funded by NERC, aims to provide consistent
observations of aerosol and gas compositions at a roadside, urban background and
rural sites simultaneously. The newly funded two air quality supersites will be paired
with the existing urban background site, either at Birmingham, London or
Manchester for observations. Each of the existing supersites has exactly the same
Xact and Fidas that we seek to procure. This will ensure that we are able to provide a
consistent observation of aerosol compositions at all three sites so that we can
better understand their sources and processes.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £201,2551 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 23 Jun 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
ACOEM UK LImited	£201,255 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
ACOEM UK LImited	£201,255 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 016486-2021-1 · ACOEM UK LImited
Signed
23 Jun 2021
Value
£201,255
Status
active
Contract 012435-2021-1 · ACOEM UK LImited
Signed
3 Jun 2021
Value
£201,255
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Chancellors Court,Edgbaston, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B152TTContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

ACOEM UK LTDAwarded supplier Ground Floor Offices, C1 The Courtyard, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, South West, GL20 8GD
ACOEM UK LimitedAwarded supplier Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, South West, GL20 8GD

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.