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Published 12 Sept 2022, 13:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of a Mass Spectrometer

Official notice

Authority: University of the Highlands and Islands (Education)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Nov 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of the Highlands and Islands has a requirement for the Provision of a Mass Spectrometer.

CPV: Mass spectrometer · Spectrometers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1CancelledPublished value£500,000
Delivery: Scotland · Inverness
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
Quality: 80%Price: 10%Environmental: 10%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Product Features: 35%
  • Quality Management and Assurance: 20%
  • Support Services: 15%
  • Fair Work Practices: 10%
  • price: 10%
  • Environmental Management: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Product Features: 35%
  • Quality Management and Assurance: 20%
  • Support Services: 15%
  • Fair Work Practices: 10%
  • Environmental Management: 10%
  • Price: 10%
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: - Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = GBP 5 Million - Product Liability Insuran…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
Cancelled
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
12 Sept 2022, 13:50 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2022, 10:39 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Nov 2022 – …
Authority reference
UHI-LAB-24066
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026487
Classification (CPV)
Mass spectrometerSpectrometers
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0367b4 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Not Applicable

Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations in 2015. The maximum budget of the University in respect of this requirement is 500,000 GBP (excluding VAT). (SC Ref:707577)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
8 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Sept 2022 → 8 Nov 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    22 Sept 2022, 10:39 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    8 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    22 Sept 2022, 10:39 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of the Highlands and Islands

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 12b Ness Walk, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 5SQContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Inverness Sheriff & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Inverness

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.