Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
18a Newforge Lane
BELFAST
BT9 5PX
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.1) Name and addresses
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute NI
Newforge Lane
Belfast
BT9 5PX
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ID 4457248 - DAERA AFBI - CSB purchase of Liquid-Chromarographic Mass-Spectrometers (LC-MS/MS) 2022
Reference number: 4457248
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
AFBI require a Contractor for the supply, delivery, installation, warranty and training of staff in the use of a compact, bench-top, Liquid Chromatograph – Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) which must be delivered on or before 31st March 2023. This tender is for one instrument, however, should additional funding become available a second instrument may be purchased.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
367 770.25
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38400000
38430000
38432000
38432200
38433000
38433100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
AFBI require a Contractor for the supply, delivery, installation, warranty and training of staff in the use of a compact, bench-top, Liquid Chromatograph – Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) which must be delivered on or before 31st March 2023. This tender is for one instrument, however, should additional funding become available a second instrument may be purchased.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: QA1a Solvent standard test – CV of repeated injections of A/P standard
/ Weighting: 12
Quality criterion: QA1b Solvent standard test – IDL of A/P standard
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: QA2a Sample test – Quantitative Analysis A/P - Linearity over limited range R2 + Residuals
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: QA2b Sample test - Quantitative Analysis A/P – Positive samples average concentration + CV
/ Weighting: 12
Quality criterion: QA2c Sample test - Quantitative Analysis A/P – Successful determination of unknown analyte concentration including blank samples
/ Weighting: 16
Quality criterion: QA3a Sample test – Quantitative Analysis A/B - Linearity over limited range R2 + Residuals
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: QA3b Sample test - Quantitative Analysis A/B – positive samples average concentration + CV
/ Weighting: 12
Quality criterion: QA3c Sample test - Quantitative Analysis A/B – successful determination of unknown analyte concentration including blank samples
/ Weighting: 16
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial contract period is for 5 years with the option to extend for a further 5 x 1 year period.
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:
2022/S 000-035177
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: ID 4457248 - DAERA AFBI - CSB purchase of Liquid-Chromarographic Mass Spectometer
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/02/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
WATERS LIMITED
Centennial Court 730-740 Centennial Park
BOREHAMWOOD
WD6 3SZ
UK
E-mail: clare_odonnell@waters.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 367 770.25
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and conditions of contract.. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If. a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified. time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and conditions of contract. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisf
UK
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/02/2023