Official UK procurement notice
CRM Liquid Nitrogen Tanks
Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe supply, installation and technical services of 3 x vapour phase nitrogen storage tanks for the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM). The current facility holds 7 x Statebourne Biosystem 36,000 vial Cryogenic nitrogen storage tanks. An additional 3 tanks to hold a minimum of 36,000 vials per tank is required. The new units will be required to work seamlessly with the existing equipment and integrate with existing supply and return control system.
CPV: Liquid nitrogen · Tanks
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The supply, installation and technical services/support of liquid nitrogen cryogenic…AwardedRenewal
the supply, installation and technical services/support of liquid nitrogen cryogenic storage tanks and a range of specialist technical services for a planned upgrade to the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) at the BioQuarter. The current facility holds 6 x Statebourne Biosystem 36 liquid nitrogen tanks. We are planning to fit an additional 3 x higher capacity units to work seamlessly with the existing equipment.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
SPD 1.69 Part 4B: Economic and Financial Standing
- Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 300,000 GBP for the last 3 years
- Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
-It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP
Public Liability Insurance = 2,000,000 GBP
SPD 1.69.8 Statement 1: Where the bidder is providing a submission on behalf of a subsidiary company, upon request, the bidder must obtain a Parent Company Guarantee prior to commencement of any subsequently awarded contract.
4B.6 Statement 2: Bidders will be required to provide adequate assurance of financial strength to successfully complete their contractual obligations.
Bidders must be able to provide upon request, their 3 most recent sets of annual audited accounts, including profit and loss information, and the following ratios:
- Current Ratio
- Quick Ratio
- Debtors Turnover Ratio
- Return on Assets
- Working Capital
- Debt to Equity Ratio
- Gross Profit Ratio
A review of your ratios and audited accounts may be undertaken. In some cases this review may lead to an additional request for further financial informat…
- 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
- 22 Nov 2021, 16:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Mar 2022, 16:40 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
EC0875- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005609- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f8fbFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Must meet conditions as detailed in ITT
Publisher note: NOTE: Bidders and subcontractors engaged in the delivery of this contract may be excluded if they have not met applicable social, environmental and labour obligations under national, EU, and international law (as indicated in ESPD section 3D). Without prejudice to any relevant obligations, suppliers should note that this includes obligations for certain organisations under: -the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (available at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/contents/enacted), -the ILO conventions and other measures listed in Annex X of Directive 2014/24/EU (available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0024&from=EN) - the Equality Act 2010, in regards to the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (available at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents) -the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/493/contents/made) - this is grounds for mandatory exclusion or termination at any procurement or contract stage At any stage, bidders and/or relevant subcontractors may be required to provide statements and means of proof demonstrating their compliance with these obligations or the reliability of their self-cleansing measures, including the annu (SC Ref:685254)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 5 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 5 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
5 Jan 2022 → 1 Mar 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline5 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened5 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published1 Mar 2022, 16:40 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Mar 2022, 16:40 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Laboratory Supplies | £85,329 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005609-2022-EC0875-1 · Scientific Laboratory Supplies
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2022
- Value
- £85,329
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
- The University of EdinburghReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Scientific Laboratory Supplies LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.