Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Public Health England
Manor Farm Road, Porton Down
Salisbury
SP2 0QT
UK
Telephone: +44 2076548000
E-mail: Luke.Fillery@phe.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38511100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract to Carl Zeiss Ltd, for the purchase of a new Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) capable of examining biological and non-biological samples with energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy capability. This would provide for a continuation of the PHE SEM service at Porton and at Science hub Harlow in the future.
The scanning electron microscope must be of the field emission gun type and be suitable for a wide range of applications e.g. clinical diagnostic investigations, biomedical research (bacteriology, virology, mycology, cell biology, parasitology, and entomology) and examination of environmental samples.
Although this will be a capital purchase, it is intended that any service and support will be covered for the lifetime of the equipment or until PHE re-tenders the requirement.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract to Carl Zeiss Ltd, for the purchase of a new Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) capable of examining biological and non-biological samples with energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy capability.
This would provide for a continuation of the PHE SEM service at Porton and at Science hub Harlow in the future.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: 2.3.19
/ Weighting: 1 %
Cost criterion: 2.6.8
/ Weighting: 3 %
Cost criterion: 2.6.9
/ Weighting: 3 %
Cost criterion: 2.7.2
/ Weighting: 12 %
Cost criterion: 2.7.3
/ Weighting: 23.4 %
Cost criterion: 2.7.4
/ Weighting: 4.3 %
Cost criterion: 2.7.6
/ Weighting: 20.3 %
Cost criterion: 2.8.1
/ Weighting: 3 %
Cost criterion: 3.2
/ Weighting: 30 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/11/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd
509 Coldhams Lane
Cambridge
CB1 3JS
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Health England
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/01/2019