Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Queen' University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
UK
Contact person: Pamela Rodgers
E-mail: pamela.rodgers@qub.ac.uk
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.qub.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home
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
QUB/2033/20 Contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of a Benchtop Micro-X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
Reference number: QUB/2033/20
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33111400
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s), School of Natural and Built Environment wish to procure a contract for supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Benchtop Micro-X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer. This item is required for elemental analysis of artefacts, for conservation, and for trace element mapping. Queen’s is applying for funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to procure this equipment. Award of this tender is dependent on and subject to a successful bid by Queen’s. An assessment will also be made of whether the University can meet the funder the conditions. Queen’s hope to have confirmation of the bid by the first week in December 2020. Instrument will be supplied, delivered, installed and invoiced received by 31 March 2021.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33111200
50421200
33111400
33111800
33151200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN06
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s), School of Natural and Built Environment wish to procure a contract for supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Benchtop Micro-X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer. This item is required for elemental analysis of artefacts, for conservation, and for trace element mapping. Queen’s is applying for funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to procure this equipment. Award of this tender is dependent on and subject to a successful bid by Queen’s. An assessment will also be made of whether the University can meet the funder conditions. Queen’s hope to have confirmation of the bid by the first week in December 2020. Instrument will be supplied, delivered, installed and invoiced received by 31 March 2021.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
One-off purchase with the option to extend the optional maintenance and purchase consumables until the end of the equipment life.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
Queen's will be availing of Article 27 (3), Public Contracts Regulations 2015; where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the contracting authority renders impracticable the time limit laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, it may fix a time limit which shall be not less than 15 days from the date on which the contract notice was sent.
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:
2020/S 222-547358
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: QUB/2033/20
Title: Contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of a Benchtop Micro-X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
BT7 1NN
UK
E-mail: procurement@qub.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/01/2021