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Published 15 Jul 2022, 12:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply, Installation and Commissioning of an Ultra-Stable Cryo Electron Microscopy Holder and Controller

Official notice

Authority: University of Warwick (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£72,000exc. VAT2.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 11 Aug 2022awarded 17 Jan 2023
Awarded to Ametek (GB) Ltd
Contract term 6 moends 28 Feb 2023 · starts 31 Aug 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The National Polymer Processing Centre at WMG (WMG, NPPC), University of Warwick has a requirement to purchase an optical microscope with transmitted light and hot stage for analytical research onto thermoplastic composites.In order to express interest in this opportunity please go to the University of Warwick In-Tend supplier portal (in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick)… ↗ University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

CPV: Electron microscopes · Microscopes · Optical microscopes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 6 moPublished value£72,000
Contract period: 31 Aug 2022 – 28 Feb 2023 (6 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands
Variant bids: 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
  • 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
15 Jul 2022, 12:20 BST
Last source update
17 Jan 2023, 13:24 GMT
Award evaluation window
11 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
CJ-06-22-PHY-EPSRC-CRYOTEM-JS
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-001402
Classification (CPV)
Electron microscopesMicroscopesOptical microscopes
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035270 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
11 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
11 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Aug 2022 → 17 Jan 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    11 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    31 Aug 2022, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    17 Jan 2023, 13:24 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 4 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Jan 2023, 13:24 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextShort Description · II.1.4The National Polymer Processing Centre at WMG (WMG, NPPC), University of Warwick has a requirement to purchase an optical microscope with transmitted light and hot stage for analytical research onto thermoplastic composites.The University of Warwick has a requirement to purchase an ultra-stable double tilt cooling cryo-holder for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) for the EPSRC project ‘Crystallography and Functional Evolution of Atomically Thin Confined Nanowires’ (EP/R019428/1).
—ClassificationII.1.2——

2 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-07: 1 release · 15 Jul 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £70,0801 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Jan 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ametek (GB) Ltd£70,080 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Supply, Installation and Commissioning of an Ultra-Stable Cryo Electron Microscopy Holder and Controller · Ametek (GB) Ltd

    Signed
    17 Jan 2023
    Value
    £70,080
    Period
    … – 28 Feb 2023
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

University of Warwick

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Argent Court, Sir William Lyons Road, Science Park , Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 7ALContact email Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The University of WarwickReview body Coventry

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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