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Published 28 Oct 2022, 15:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2322/22 Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance of an Ultra High Dose Rate Photon-Based Small Animal Radiotherapy Research Platform.

Official notice

Authority: Queen' University Belfast (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitableAccelerated
Awarded value£1,500,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Nov 2022awarded 22 Nov 2022
Awarded to Xstrahl Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Queen’s University Belfast wish to procure the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance of an Ultra High Dose Rate Photon-Based Small Animal Radiotherapy Research Platform, for radio-biological studies on the effects of ultra-high dose rate radiation exposures.Award of this tender was based on the most economically advantageous tender using 80% cost and 20% quality and is subject to the equipment being supplied, delivered, installed and invoiced received by 31 March 2023 to satisfy the funding body conditions

CPV: Installation services of radiotherapy equipment · Radiotherapy devices and supplies · Radiotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy and physical therapy devices

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance of an Ultra High Dose rate…AwardedRenewal

The Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance of an Ultra High Dose rate Photon-Based Small Animal Radiotherapy Research Platform.

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Queens University Belfast
Extensions: One-off purchase with options to purchase maintenance and associated consumables for up to either 5 years or the end of useful life of the equipment years. · One-off purchase with options to purchase maintenance and associated consumables for up to either 5 years or the end of useful life of the equipment years.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: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 20%
  • Price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 20%
  • Price: 80%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 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
28 Oct 2022, 15:39 BST
Last source update
5 Jan 2023, 11:11 GMT
Award evaluation window
14 Nov 2022 – …
Authority reference
QUB/2322/22
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000235
Accelerated

Queen's will be availing of Article 27 (3), Public Contracts Regulations 2015; where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the contracting authority renders impracticable the time limit laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, it may fix a time limit which shall be not less than 15 days from the date on which the contract notice was sent.

Classification (CPV)
Installation services of radiotherapy equipmentRadiotherapy devices and suppliesRadiotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy and physical therapy devices
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037d5d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
14 Nov 2022, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
14 Nov 2022, 16:10 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Nov 2022 → 5 Jan 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Nov 2022, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    14 Nov 2022, 16:10 GMT
  3. Notice published
    5 Jan 2023, 11:11 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 Jan 2023, 11:11 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Xstrahl LimitedSMEQUB/2332/22 The Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance of an Ultra High Dose rate Photon-Based Small Animal Radiotherapy Research Platform.£1,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • QUB/2332/22 The Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance of an Ultra High Dose rate Photon-Based Small Animal Radiotherapy Research Platform. · Xstrahl LimitedSME

    Signed
    22 Nov 2022
    Value
    £1,500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen' University Belfast

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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Xstrahl LtdAwarded supplier03105256 Unit 2 Maybrook Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS8 8DGContact phone

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