CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

1555/319/SW/COM/16 Lightweighting Centre 5-axis Machine Tool.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

1555/319/SW/COM/16 Lightweighting Centre 5-axis Machine Tool

The University of Sheffield invited tenders for the supply of a Lightweighting Centre 5-axis Machine Tool for use within the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre's Composite Machining Group at Catcliffe, Rotherham.

All offers received were evaluated in accordance with the published scoring scheme and subsequently, a contract was awarded.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

1555/319/SW/COM/16

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

Scoring Matrix employed:

Commercial / Competitive price 25 %

G1: Technical — Capacity 10 %

Following sub-criteria, maximum importance of 15 % across all areas:

G2A: Technical — Spindle

G2B: Technical — Axis drives

G2C: Technical — Machine Control

G2D: Technical — Tool checking and change-over

G3: Technical — Cooling and LM / SC / E 15 15 %

G4: Technical — Machine tool accuracy and repeatability 5 %

G5: Technical — On-machine inspection 5 %

HS: Health and Safety and Equipment Regulations 5 %

D1: Delivery 5 %

TU: Turnkey 5 %

W1: Warranty & S1: Service and Maintenance 5 %

T1: Training 5 %

TOTAL 100 %

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

The contracting authority incorporated a minimum 10-day standstill period at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. This period allowed unsuccessful tenderers to seek a further debriefing before the contract was entered into. Should an appeal regarding the award of Contract not have been resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) provided for aggrieved parties to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action to have been brought promptly (generally within 30 days).

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice