Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
UK
Contact person: Tony Newjem, Senior Supply Chain Manager
Telephone: +44 1316509136
E-mail: Tony.Newjem@ed.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement/supplying
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
EC0715 CBS Equipment Lot 1: Hotel and Welfare Processing Solutions
Reference number: EC0715
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38434540
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The University invited bids for supply, installation and support of IVC cages, cage racks, air handling units, trolleys, transport racks, change stations and related equipment for the institute for regeneration and repair and other projects. This tender was conducted via Public Contracts Scotland — Tender portal, project_10652 and project_12391 using the open procedure. Bidders self-certified compliance with the conditions of participation via the ESPD (Scotland) in PCS-T.
This tender is not lotted, but is part of a family of related frameworks (Lots), for congruent capital equipment viz.:
Lot 1: Cages and Change Stations;
Lot 2: Cage and Rack Washers;
Lot 3: Sterilisers;
Lot 4: Fumigation Systems;
Lot 5: Containment Solutions — Downdraft Surgical Tables;
Lot 6: Barrier Maintenance Solutions; and
Lot 7: Bedding Systems.
OJEU References 2018/S 151-346688, 2018/S 019-038854, 2017/S 242-502531, 2018/S 152-348555, 2018/S 157-359707, 2018/S 125-284428 and 2018/S 013-025128 refer.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
709 640.26
GBP/ Highest offer:
1 020 647.77
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
51430000
33190000
50400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
Main site or place of performance:
University of Edinburgh Institute for regeneration and repair at the Edinburgh BioQuarter site, EH16 4UU plus other locations across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1: Hotel and Welfare Processing Solutions. This forms part of a family of congruent capital equipment lots with an overall aggregate value of ca. 33 000 000.00 GBP. Other Lots have been issued under separate Contract Notices. The overall CBS equipment procurement comprises:
Lot 1: Hotel and Welfare Processing Solutions (IVC systems, etc., — this procurement;
Lot 2: Washing/Disinfection Solutions (Cage/Rack/Cabinet Washers);
Lot 3: Steam Sterilisers (with H2O2);
Lot 4: Fumigation Systems (Stand alone Fumigation Chambers and Generators);
Lot 5: Containment (Downdraft (Surgical) Tables);
Lot 6: Barrier Maintenance (air showers);
Lot 7: Clean and Dirty Bedding Handling Systems with Dirty Cage Robotics;
Lot 8: Watering Solutions (Automated Watering Systems, Pouch Watering Systems),
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80
Cost criterion: Whole life cost
/ Weighting: 20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This Framework Agreement will provide a procurement vehicle for equipping the University's new Institute for Regeneration and Repair as a vanguard project. It will also support other capital infrastructure projects at various sites across Edinburgh and the Lothians, as well as encompassing other ad-hoc equipment requirements of a congruent nature which arise during the contract term.
Options will be identified in each lot as they are published.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Contract value includes revenue (maintenance) cost estimates.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 151-346688
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: EC0715 Lot 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/04/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Allentown Europe Ltd
Unit 3 Nimrod Way Industrial Estate
Reading
RG2 0EB
UK
Telephone: +44 8450450243
NUTS: UKJ11
Internet address(es)
URL: www.allentowninc.com
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Tecniplast UK Ltd
BCM Box 3058
London
WC1N 3XX
UK
Telephone: +44 8450504556
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
URL: WWW.TECNIPLASTUK.COM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
709 640.26
GBP
/ Highest offer:
1 020 647.77
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This ranked Framework Agreement is for the supply, installation and maintenance of biomedical research equipment for the Institute for Regeneration and Repair, due to complete in 2019, and other capital projects in and around Edinburgh and the Lothians as detailed in the invitation to tender. It will also be used for other ad hoc equipment requirements that might arise during the term of the framework. It was tendered via Public Contracts Scotland — Tender website as a pathfinder procurement, project_10652 and project_12391. Other lots of congruent equipment were tendered via PCS-T as separate projects under the EC0715 frameworks umbrella.
Candidates were required to submit completed non-disclosure agreements before site plans were released via PCS-T.
Exclusion statement:
Bidders and sub-contractors engaged in the delivery of this contract may be excluded if they have not met applicable social, environmental and labour obligations under national, EU and international law (ESPD section 3D refers). Without prejudice to other relevant duties, suppliers should note this includes obligations for certain organisations under:
— the Modern Slavery Act 2015,
— the ILO conventions and other measures listed in Annex X of Directive 2014/24/EU,
— the Equality Act 2010,
— the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 — this is grounds for mandatory exclusion or termination at any procurement or contract stage.
At any stage, bidders and/or sub-contractors may be required to provide statements and means of proof demonstrating their compliance with these obligations or the reliability of their self-cleansing measures, including the annual statement as provided for by Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act.
(SC Ref:580605)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
UK
Telephone: +44 1316502508
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement/supplying
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/04/2019