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Published 30 Jan 2023, 16:49 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

PURCH2186 Provision Of Contract Agreement For Direct Electron Detector Camera For Cryo-EM

Official notice

Authority: University of Glasgow (Education)

GoodsOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 2 Mar 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

PURCH2186 Provision Of Contract Agreement For Direct Electron Detector Camera For Cryo-EM For Delivery By March 2023 With The Option To Purchase Extended Service Agreement.

Tender documents available from Public Contracts Scotland.

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CPV: Electron microscopes · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PURCH2186 Provision Of Contract Agreement For Direct Electron Detector Camera For…Cancelled

PURCH2186 Provision Of Contract Agreement For Direct Electron Detector Camera For Cryo-EM For Delivery By March 2023 With The Option To Purchase Extended Service Agreement.

The University of Glasgow requires to upgrade their frontline 200 keV cryomicroscope (a JEOL F2 Cryo) with a fast electron counting direct detection camera. This will support acquisition of single-particle, tomography and potentially microED data for our users – the structural biology community of University of Glasgow.

Refer to PURCH2186 Invitation to Tender for specification.

Delivery: Scotland
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: 20%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Technical specifications: 40%
  • Technical Service Support: 20%
  • Availability, Delivery, and Installation: 20%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Technical specifications: 40
  • Technical Service Support: 20
  • Availability, Delivery, and Installation: 20
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: - Product liability insurance with a limit of indemnity of not less than one million pounds sterling (1,000,000 GBP) in relation to any one claim or series of claims. - Professional indemnity insurance with a limit of indemnity of not less than one million pounds sterling (1,000,…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
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
30 Jan 2023, 16:49 GMT
Last source update
20 Feb 2023, 10:17 GMT
Award evaluation window
2 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
PURCH2186
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004986
Classification (CPV)
Electron microscopesLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a13e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Once the deadline has passed submissions can neither be created nor submitted. It is not advisable for Suppliers to wait until the last moment before creating and dispatching a response in case of any last minute problems. Please note large files should be uploaded as early as possible to ensure transfer before deadline. If a Supplier is having problems uploading to the PCS site, then the University must be informed well in advance and depending upon the merit of the case, the University may arrange for the tender to remain open on the PCS system for a short period after the deadline time stated. System problems do not fall under the University’s remit and should be referred to PCS. Postbox Security: Postbox submissions cannot be accessed by anyone, including Millstream, (the provider of the Public Contracts Scotland system) until the deadline. Freedom of Information The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), which came into force on 1 January 2005, designates University of Glasgow as a Scottish public authority and therefore subject to the provisions and obligations in that Act. This means that any person who makes a valid request for information held by University of Glasgow will be entitled to receive it, unless all or part of that information can be withheld by virtue of the exemptions in that Act. under the Act, University of Glasgow may be required to disclose any information held relating to your response to anyone who makes a request under that Act. Such information may only be withheld if it meets one or more of the exemptions or conditions in that Act. Even if an exemption is available University of Glasgow may nevertheless disclose requested information. Information held cannot simply be classified as “confidential" or "commercial in confidence" to enable it to be protected from disclosure. University of Glasgow may publish the names and contact details of companies who have been issued with a Questionnaire on its website. Information may also be requested under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) tailored by the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004. (SC Ref:723183)

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
2 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Feb 2023 → 2 Mar 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    20 Feb 2023, 10:17 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    2 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    2 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    20 Feb 2023, 10:17 GMT

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 Glasgow

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Procurement Office, Tay House, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8QQContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Glasgow

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria