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Published 1 Oct 2021, 10:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2010/21A Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT20% below published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Nov 2021awarded 9 Feb 2022
Awarded to Thales SESO

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement comprises the one-off purchase of a collimator parabola for the HARPS3 spectrograph.HARPS3 will be a copy of the ultra-precise radial-velocity spectrograph HARPS located on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and the more recent HARPS-N located on the 3.6-m TNG telescope on La Palma. HARPS3 will be installed at the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands and it shall be used for the Terra Hunting Experiment – a 10-year study to find Earth-like exoplanets around our nearest Solar-like stars.

CPV: Mirrors

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£200,000
Delivery: UK · Delivery to Cambridge, UK
Variant bids: allowed
38622000 Mirrors

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
1 Oct 2021, 10:03 BST
Last source update
24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
Award evaluation window
1 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference
QUB/2010/21A
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005108
Classification (CPV)
Mirrors
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e6bc Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
1 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
1 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT

Timeline

1 Nov 2021 → 24 Feb 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    1 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £160,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Feb 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Thales SESOSMEContract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph£160,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph · Thales SESOSME

    Signed
    9 Feb 2022
    Value
    £160,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Thales SESOAwarded supplier 530 Rue Frederic Joilot, 13593 Aix-en-Provence, France , Aix-en-Provence, FRL

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