Official UK procurement notice
Wafer Dicing Saw and Post Wafer Cleaning
Authority: University of Southampton (Charity / VCSE)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Southampton seeks to acquire a complete dicing system for the University's optical and semiconductor materials processing capabilities for a number of high-impact projects in the major engineering themes of Quantum Technologies, Photonics and Advanced Manufacturing.
This system is a replacement for the current dicing saw for Building 53 back-end of line cleanroom facility and an upgrade to meet the demands of current projects and technologies. Dicing is a fundamental part of the cleanroom and underpins a significant number of ongoing and future grants. The acquisition of this system will enable university researchers to machine surfaces and micron sized ridge structures with nanoscale surface roughness and low amounts of topside chipping in optical and semiconductor materials.
This dicing machine will allow the fabrication of new devices that will tackle fundamental research problems in quantum light-matter interactions, quantum sensors, and telecommunications.
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£205,000
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).
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
To support the financial assessment, the University will obtain a Business risk Report for all Tenderers and every organisation being relied on to meet this Procurement, using an independent company called CreditSafe.
The University reserves the right to exclude a Tenderer or request provision of further assurances such as a parent company guarantee or a bank guarantee where a Tenderer's Business Risk Score is: "Moderate Risk"; "High Risk"; "Very High Risk" or "Not Rated", based on the rating provided by CreditSafe.
Where a Business Risk score from our external system is not available, then an alternative method of assessing financial standing will be used. This method is detailed with the Invitation to Tender document set.
Minimum: Tenderer's are advised that a requirement of this procurement is to have in place, or commit to obtain prior to commencement of the Contract, the following minimum insurance levels: Public Liability - £10 million Product Liability - £10 million Employer's Liability - £10 million … - Technical & professional ability
Tenderers attention is drawn to the MANDATORY requirements of the award criteria:
- Grounds for mandatory exclusion;
- Grounds for discretionary exclusion;
- Mandatory Technical Requirements;
- Economic and Financial Standing;
- Insurance;
- Compliance with equality legislation; and
- Health & Safety
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Apr 2024, 10:56 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Aug 2024, 11:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 May 2024 – …
- Authority reference
2024UoS-1289- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024109- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045507Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: E-Tendering Portal: The University is utilising an electronic tendering tool, In-Tend (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton), to manage this procurement and to communicate with potential tenderers. All documentation in relation to this tender can be downloaded from In-Tend. Tenderers are advised that there will be no hard copy documents issued and all communications with the University, including the submission of Invitation to Tender responses will be conducted via In-Tend. Regular monitoring of the portal is the responsibility of the Tenderer. If you are not registered as a supplier with the University of Southampton, you will need to register on In-Tend in order to access the procurement documentation. Once you have logged in as a Supplier: click on 'Tenders'; locate the relevant project; and click 'View Details'. Once you are in the project screen you will be able to register your organisation against the project and access all documentation by clicking 'Express Interest'. Tenderers are advised that formal expressions of interest in the project must be by way of completion and return of the relevant documents via In-Tend. Further instructions for the submission of responses are below: To submit your return: 1. Log in 2. Click 'Tenderers' 3. Locate relevant project 4. View details 5. Click on the tab relation to the relevant project stage (e.g. 'Invitation to Tender'). 6. Click on the 'Attach Documents' button and upload your return 7. Check ALL your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the 'My Tender Return' panel. The system will only permit your organisation to make one return. 8. Click the red 'Submit Return' button. Please note, to preserve the integrity of the procurement, all communications with the University must be made via the correspondence function within In-Tend. Publication of Award Details: In accordance with Regulation 50, paragraph (2) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the University intends to publish the value of any resulting contract at the award stage and reserves the right to do so. By submitting a response, tenderers are consenting to publication of this information unless otherwise agreed in advance with the University. Cost and Expenses: Tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and submission of responses and participation in this and all future stages of this procurement. Under no circumstances will the University be liable for any costs or expenses borne by Tenderers or any of their supply chain, partners or advisers in this procurement process. The University is not liable for any costs in the event of the cancellation of this procurement process.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 28 May 2024, 12:01 BST
Timeline
28 May 2024 → 1 Aug 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline28 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened28 May 2024, 12:01 BST
- Notice published1 Aug 2024, 11:28 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Aug 2024, 11:28 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inseto UK LimitedSME | £171,445 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024109-2024-1 · Inseto UK LimitedSME
- Signed
- 31 Jul 2024
- Value
- £171,445
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Inseto (UK) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.