Official UK procurement notice
DAERA - AFBI - CSB purchase of Liquid-Chromatographic Mass-Spectrometers (LC-MS/MS) 2023/24
Authority: AFBI Stormont
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAFBI require a Contractor{s) for the supply, delivery, installation, warranty, and training of staff in the use of Liquid Chromatograph – Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers (LC-MS/MS). This tender comprises two Lots: Lot 1: one LC-MS/MS instrument purchased with 4 years’ additional warranty covering breakdown support and an annual preventive maintenance visit. which must be delivered on or before 31st March 2024. Lot 2: two LC-MS/MS instruments with one year’s warranty covering breakdown support and an annual preventive maintenance visit which must be delivered on or before 31st March 2024. In order to future proof both Lots the client has also included other elements to the contract such as additional extended warranty and the ability to purchase additional instruments within the first 12 months of commissioning of the instruments in both Lots; all of which will be subject to need, budgetary approval and agreement between both parties. There are no restrictions on the number of Lots a Tenderer can bid for or be awarded. Therefore, Tenderers may tender for one, two or both Lots as they wish subject to their ability to meet all the requirements for each Lot as detailed in the Tender Documents. See all tender documents for further information.
CPV: Analysis apparatus · Chromatographs · Detection and analysis apparatus · Instruments for checking physical characteristics · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Mass spectrometer · Spectrometers
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£4,560,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 and win at most 2 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,710,000
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Price carries 20 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 2 points.
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
- 13 Dec 2023, 16:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Feb 2024, 14:48 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Jan 2024 – …
- Authority reference
5123309- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-005822- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042568Find a Tender
- Performance terms
as detailed in the Tender Documents
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the. contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres. of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- Submission deadline
- 22 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
22 Jan 2024 → 21 Apr 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline22 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened22 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published22 Feb 2024, 14:48 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until21 Apr 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Feb 2024, 14:48 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · AFBI require a Contractor{s) for the supply, delivery, installation, warranty, and…1 award | |||
| Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd | £303,384 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · AFBI require a Contractor{s) for the supply, delivery, installation, warranty, and…1 award | |||
| Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd | £351,077 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lot 1 · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd
- Signed
- 21 Feb 2024
- Value
- £303,384
- Status
- active
Lot 2 · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd
- Signed
- 21 Feb 2024
- Value
- £351,077
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · AFBI require a Contractor{s) for the supply, delivery, installation, warranty, and… | 4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 2 · AFBI require a Contractor{s) for the supply, delivery, installation, warranty, and… | 4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES LDA UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.