Official UK procurement notice
QUB/2287/22 Contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Consumables for an Automated Microbial Colony Picking and Handling System.
Authority: Queen' University Belfast (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQueen’s University Belfast (Queen’s) wishes to procure an automated microbial colony picking and handling system, that is capable of colony detection, picking, plating, and plate replication.
CPV: Biomedical equipment · Medical equipments
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 40%
- price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 40%
- Price: 60%
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- 6 Sept 2022, 14:19 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jan 2023, 13:23 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Oct 2022 – …
- Authority reference
QUB/2287/22- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000261- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036638Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2022, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 6 Oct 2022, 16:10 BST
Timeline
6 Oct 2022 → 5 Jan 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline6 Oct 2022, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened6 Oct 2022, 16:10 BST
- Notice published5 Jan 2023, 13:23 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete5 Jan 2023, 13:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VWR International Ltd | £350,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
QUB/2287/22 - Contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance and Consumables for an Automated Microbial Colony Picking and Handling System · VWR International Ltd
- Signed
- 7 Dec 2022
- Value
- £350,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Queen's University BelfastReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VWR International LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria