Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
UK Shared Business Services Limited
Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
UK
Contact person: Rachel Rose
Telephone: +44 1793867000
E-mail: majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.uksbs.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Research
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
UK SBS PR17161 Geological borehole/well core and sample scanners, software and related equipment
Reference number: UK SBS PR17161
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The tender is being conducted on a multi-lot basis for the following lots:
1. Multiparameter scanner for measuring a range of basic physical properties;
2. High-resolution XRF scanner for determining element concentrations at high spatial resolution and with low detection limits;
3. High-throughput XRF scanner for determining element concentrations when several metre length sticks of core can be loaded;
4. One hand held XRF scanner, with option for a second;
5. X-RAY CT for 2 and 3D imaging of the core to visualise internal structural details;
6. CT visualisation software
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
943 386.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Multiparameter scanner
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38520000
38400000
38540000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly in the Cheshire and Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley regions.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot is for a non-destructive core scanner to measure consistent and accurate physical properties, which produces digital outputs that are consistent and comparable to industry standard wireline geophysical logging tools. The scanner system will operate by moving the core and an array of physical property sensors relative to each other, in increments in the range 10 — 100mm down core, and ideally down to 1mm.
The core scanner must have the ability to collect data at multiple scales down core, relative to a fixed datum, to facilitate high resolution work as well as a generic reconnaissance scanning of the core held by BGS. The scanner will be expected to scan whole round drill core as well as soils and soft sediment inside liners. Minimum disturbance of the core is preferable, so scanners that do not require smooth surfaces (i.e. slabbed core) are strongly preferable.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend the contract for years 4 and 5.
Options to purchase additional training, spares, upgrades and licences during the term of the contract.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
High resolution XRF Scanner
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38520000
38400000
38540000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly in the Cheshire and Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley regions.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot is for a non-destructive core scanner to provide safe, rapid, high resolution, non-destructive, semi-quantitative, reproducible, elemental geochemical analysis for geological/earth science applications. The scanner system will operate by moving the core and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) sensor relative to each other, and will detect down-core elemental variations, as a minimum in the range Al (13) to U (92).
The core scanner must have the ability to collect data at multiple scales down-core relative to a fixed datum to facilitate high resolution work at a resolution of 0.1 mm upwards. The scanner will be expected to scan slabbed and whole round drill core (including fractured cores) as well as soils and soft sediments. Cores will be routinely analysed in a ‘load and go’ manner. The scanner must also be capable of operation in a rapid reconnaissance mode.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 40
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend the contract for years 4 and 5.
Options to purchase additional training, spares, upgrades and licences during the term of the contract.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
High throughput XRF Core Scanner
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38520000
38540000
38400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly in the Cheshire and Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley regions.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot is for a non-destructive core scanner to provide safe, rapid, non-destructive, semi-quantitative, reproducible, elemental geochemical analysis for geological/earth science applications. The scanner system will be able accommodate at least five one metre sticks of 10 cm diameter core at once, and will probably operate by moving the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry equipment relative to the core. It will detect down-core elemental variations, as a minimum in the range Al (13) to U (92). The scanner will be expected to scan slabbed and whole round drill core as well as soils and soft sediment.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend the contract for years 4 and 5.
Options to purchase additional training, spares, upgrades and licences during the term of the contract.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Hand Held XRF Scanner
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38520000
38400000
38540000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly in the Cheshire and Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley regions.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This lot is for one (with option for 2) non-destructive hand held x-ray fluorescence spectrometers to provide safe, rapid, non-destructive, semi-quantitative, reproducible, elemental geochemical analysis for geological/earth science applications. It will detect elemental variations, as a minimum in the range Al (13) to U (92).
The spectrometers will be expected to measure slabbed and whole round drill core as well as soils.
And soft sediment and other samples, including in the field. They must also be supplied with stands and associated equipment to allow safe operation several metres from the operative.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend the contract for years 4 and 5.
Options to purchase additional training, spares, upgrades and licences during the term of the contract.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
X-Ray CT Core Scanner
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38520000
38400000
38540000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly in the Cheshire and Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley regions.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This requirement is for a CT core scanner to be installed at the National Geological Repository at the British Geological Survey Keyworth site. The scanner will be used to underpin a variety of commercial and non-commercial work carried out by BGS including:
— Fracture Characterisation prior to sampling – This will allow BGS to maximise the success of any sampling and help to ensure as complete a record of the core as possible is preserved,
— micro-damage characterisation — Mapping fractures and fracture development before, during, and after, deformation/flow testing as part of developing geophysical-geotechnical inter-property relationships,
— quantifying heterogeneity and providing additional context for sub sampling,
— mapping of digenetic structures and soft sediment deformation – For example to identify compaction bands for research on sedimentary rocks,
— mapping micro-cracking relating to wetting/drying cycles at field-laboratory sites as well as on labsamples.
The core scanner will be required to accept samples of a variety of lengths and diameters, but must include lengths of 5 – 105 cm and achieve a minimum resolution of 100 microns. The scanning process must not damage or disturb the core. The CT scanner will be sited in an operational core lab with other core scanners, hence the scanner must be fully shielded and self-contained basic viewing software must be provided with the CT scanner, more advanced software for fracture mapping is included in this tender as a separate lot.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend the contract for years 4 and 5.
Options to purchase additional training, spares, upgrades and licences during the term of the contract.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 6
II.2.1) Title
CT Visualisation Software
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48328000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Predominantly in the Cheshire and Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley regions.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
To maximise the value of an X-ray CT core scanner (Lot 5) an additional image processing software package is essential. The X-ray CT scanner will be used in many lines of work across BGS, including work such as basic rock characterisation, fracture characterisation and micro-damage characterisation.
The ability to process the basic images produced by the X-ray CT will be very useful to visualise any material properties the core may have, e.g. density variations and fracture patterns. The software must work using the 2D and 3D image files generated by an X-Ray CT core scanning machine. The format of these files is likely to be TIFF/BITMAPS and other popular CT formats.
The most basic requirements of the software are:
— to clearly visualise the X-ray CT files in 2 and 3 dimensions,
— image visualisation and processing tools, e.g.smoothing and filtering,
— output file as meshes, point clouds or CAD models.
There are also further requirements for this software, which will increase the scientific outputs of the X-ray CT scanner by a large amount. These additional requirements are:
— ability to calculate material properties, e.g. elastic properties,
— ability to calculate fluid properties, e.g. porosity and permeability.
This software is expected to be used across several teams at the British Geological Survey; it must therefore be simple to use, with a good user interface enabling many staff to use the software with little training minimum and recommended computer hardware specifications are also required.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 36
Price
/ Weighting:
64
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend the contract for years 4 and 5.
Options to purchase additional training, spares, upgrades and licences during the term of the contract.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
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:
2017/S 215-446509
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: PR17161/1
Title: Multiparameter Scanner
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25/01/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Geotek Limited
10612823
Lyton House, 7-12 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9LT
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 345 657.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: PR17161/2
Title: High Resolution XRF Scanner
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25/01/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cox Analytical Systems Sweden AB
SE556623780501
Östergårdsgatan 7
Mölndal
43153
SE
NUTS: SE
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 199 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 3
Contract No: PR17161/3
Title: High Throughput XRF Scanner
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25/01/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Geotek Limited
10612823
Lyton House, 7-12 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9LT
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 181 485.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 4
Contract No: PR17161/4
Title: Hand Held XRF Scanner
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 5
Contract No: PR17161/5
Title: X-Ray CT Scanner
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25/01/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Geotek Limited
10612823
Lyton House, 7-12 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9LT
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 349 669.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 6
Contract No: PR17161/6
Title: CT Visualisation Software Pack
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25/01/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Geotek Limited
10612823
Lyton House, 7-12 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9LT
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 66 575.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right.
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates.
If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of Bidders.
UK Shared Business Services Ltd are able to accept instructured electronic invoicing.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
UK Shared Business Services Limited
Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
UK
Telephone: +44 1793867000
E-mail: policy@uksbs.co.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
UK Shared Business Services Limited
Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
UK
Telephone: +44 1793867000
E-mail: policy@uksbs.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/02/2018