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Published 9 Sept 2021, 15:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Multiscale Metrology Suite Triple Quadrupole Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Official notice

Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£190,000exc. VAT19.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 11 Oct 2021awarded 29 Nov 2021
Awarded to Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This tender is for a triple quadrupole inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer that will be housed in the University of Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences.

CPV: Mass spectrometer · Spectrometers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the Successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option.Variant 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)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Cost: 40
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    4B.1.2 - the Tenderer will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of GBP350,000.00 for the last 3 [three] years.

    4B.5.1A - the Tenderer must maintain Professional Risk Indemnity insurance in the sum of not less than GBP2,000,000 in respect of any

    one incident and unlimited as to numbers of claims.

    4B.5.1b - the Tenderer must maintain Employer's (Compulsory) Liability insurance in the sum of not less than GBP10,000,000 in respect

    of any one incident and unlimited as to numbers of claims.

    4B.5.2 - the Tenderer must maintain Public Liability insurance in the sum of not less than GBP10,000,000 in respect of any one incident

    and unlimited as to numbers of claims.

    In respect of any one incident and unlimited as to numbers of claims, and adequate insurances covering all the Contractor’s other liabilities

    in terms of the Contract.

  • Technical & professional ability

    4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide three (3) examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

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
9 Sept 2021, 15:25 BST
Last source update
29 Nov 2021, 11:25 GMT
Award evaluation window
11 Oct 2021 – …
Authority reference
UOS-17748-2020
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029558
Classification (CPV)
Mass spectrometerSpectrometers
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02df04 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts

(Scotland)Regulations 2015 (SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:675257)

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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html ↗

Submission deadline
11 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
11 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Oct 2021 → 29 Nov 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    11 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    29 Nov 2021, 11:25 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Nov 2021, 11:25 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £226,8611 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Nov 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd£226,861 †—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 name, 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.