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Published 4 Jan 2021, 23:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

System for the Measurement of Multiple Superconducting Qubits

Official notice

Authority: National Physical Laboratory

2 lotsGoodsOpen procedureMax 2 lots per supplier
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: London (UKI75)
Published estimate£313,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 8 Feb 2021awarded 25 Mar 2021
Awarded to Zurich Instruments AG, Rohde and Schwarz UK Ltd2 awards
Contract term 3 moends 31 May 2021 · starts 3 Mar 2021

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

NPL has awarded two contracts for a metrology system for measuring superconducting circuits comprising multiple coupled qubits. One contract is for baseband/IF electronics and instrumentation, the other for microwave instrumentation.

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

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£313,000 together) · win at most 2 of them · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1Baseband/IF electronics and instrumentation (including arbitrary waveform generators, digitisers and associated instrumentation)Cancelled 3 moPublished value£250,000

Develop and supply an integrated solution including hardware and software, with guidance and remote support for the set-up, testing and commissioning of the system by NPL.

Contract period: 3 Mar 2021 – 31 May 2021 (3 mo)
Delivery: London · Teddington
Variant bids: not allowed
38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Lot #2Microwave instrumentation (including microwave generators and microwave switches)Cancelled 3 moPublished value£63,000

Develop and supply an integrated solution including hardware and software, with guidance and remote support for the set-up, testing and commissioning of the system by NPL.

Contract period: 3 Mar 2021 – 31 May 2021 (3 mo)
Delivery: London · Teddington
Variant bids: not allowed
31711422 Microwave equipment

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

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

LotQualityPriceSplit
1 · Baseband/IF electronics and instrumentation (including arbitrary waveform generators, digitisers and associated instrumentation)70%30%
2 · Microwave instrumentation (including microwave generators and microwave switches)70%30%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Manufacturers, distributors and other third-party suppliers are all eligible to bid. NPL will expect tenderers to have the necessary skill, experience and technical resources to undertake work to a high professional standard.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.

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
4 Jan 2021, 23:08 GMT
Last source update
26 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Award evaluation window
8 Feb 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006303
Classification (CPV)
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)Microwave equipment
Delivery area
London (UKI75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028790 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
8 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

lupc.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

Timeline

8 Feb 2021 → 26 Mar 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    8 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    3 Mar 2021
  4. Notice published
    26 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £231,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 2latest 25 Mar 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Not linked to a lot2 awards
Zurich Instruments AGSMEBaseband/IF electronics and instrumentation£142,000 †—Awarded
Rohde and Schwarz UK LtdSMEMicrowave instrumentation£89,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Physical Laboratory

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawUK National Measurement Institute Hampton Road, Teddington, London, TW11 0LWContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NPL Management LtdReview body TEDDINGTON

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.