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Published 18 Jul 2022, 14:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Correlative Optical Tweezers – total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy system

Official notice

Authority: University of Warwick (Education)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£535,000exc. VAT0.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Aug 2022awarded 22 Sept 2022
Awarded to Lumicks B.V
Contract term 6 moends 28 Feb 2023 · starts 1 Sept 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Warwick has a requirement to purchase a microscope system with multi-trap continuous-wave optical tweezers, total internal reflection fluorescence and label-free imaging modality for biophysical experiments. In order to express interest in this opportunity please go to the University of Warwick In-Tend supplier portal (in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick)… ↗ University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

CPV: Fluorescent microscopes · Microscopes · Optical microscopes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 6 moPublished value£535,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2022 – 28 Feb 2023 (6 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands
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
  • Price

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
18 Jul 2022, 14:51 BST
Last source update
10 Jan 2023, 11:38 GMT
Award evaluation window
16 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
SM-07-22-WMS-CORRELATIVEOPTICALTWEEZERS-AS
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000641
Classification (CPV)
Fluorescent microscopesMicroscopesOptical microscopes
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03530f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
16 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
16 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST

Timeline

16 Aug 2022 → 10 Jan 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    16 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    10 Jan 2023, 11:38 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Jan 2023, 11:38 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £533,3821 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Sept 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lumicks B.V£533,382 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Correlative Optical Tweezers – total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy system · Lumicks B.V

    Signed
    22 Sept 2022
    Value
    £533,382
    Period
    … – 28 Feb 2023
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Warwick

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Argent Court, Sir William Lyons Road, Science Park , Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 7ALContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The University of WarwickReview body Coventry

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LUMICKS B.VAwarded supplier Paalbergweg 3, 1105 AG Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, NL329

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria