Complete Service Contract for Liquid Handling Robots

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Scotland (UKM73)

Awarded value£224,913published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 21 Dec 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Tecan UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Five-years term maintenance contract for Freedom Evo liquid handling robots.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment · Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Five years contract for maintenance and repair of two Freedom Evo liquid handling robotsAwarded

Delivery: Scotland · Edinburgh BioQuarter campus.

50430000 Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Services
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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 22 Dec 2022, 08:46 GMT
Last source update: 22 Dec 2022, 08:46 GMT
Authority reference: NCA31015
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-036295
Classification (CPV): Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipmentRepair and maintenance services of precision equipment
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM73)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03938e 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: The two Tecan Freedom Evo liquid handling robots are complex pieces of equipment that need in-depth knowledge of the system and uninterrupted access to parts should these be necessary. The robots were originally bought from Tecan back in 2015 and Tecan has been providing the maintenance services ever since. There would be disproportionate technical difficulties in a third party maintaining our instruments, as they would have to source spares via Tecan, adding cost and delay to the support package 48-hour response time. Any OEM warranty with Tecan might also be invalidated, so Tecan is the only viable and practical supplier of these services.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:717759)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £224,9131 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 21 Dec 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Tecan UK Limited	£224,913 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 036295-2022-NCA31015-1 · Tecan UK Limited
Signed
21 Dec 2022
Value
£224,913
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation SC005336 Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtMediation bodyReview body EDINBURGHContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Tecan UK Ltd.Awarded supplier Theale Court, 11-13 High-Street, Theale, Reading, UK, RG7 5AHContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.