Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
CO4 3SQ
UK
Contact person: Aston Baker
E-mail: ab17001@essex.ac.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.essex.ac.uk
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
T956 - X Ray Irradiation Machine
Reference number: DN1397
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The University of Essex is seeking a supplier to provide a versatile X-ray irradiator to study
radiotoxicity, radioresistance, infectious viruses and healthy ageing along with a 30 month
service contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38580000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
We want to bring to the School of Life Sciences an X-Ray research irradiator cabinet for
biological samples, to support studies by several groups in the School of Life Sciences of the
Authority, including:
- Biology of long-term radiation toxicity
- Development and characterisation of new radio-sensitiser drugs
- Inactivation of infectious viruses for molecular studies outside Containment Level 2
laboratories.
- Others that may be pursued in the future, with internal or external collaborators.
To support this variety of studies, the instrument must have the following capabilities:
- To produce a broad range of photon energies (from the low tens of keV to at least 300 keV,
so the biological effects can be as similar as possible to those of 137Cs-generated gamma
rays).
- To control the current intensity of origin and the distance to source, to have a broad range
of dose rates available.
- To include several beam filters, to have different levels of ‘hardness’ of the incident energy
spectrum.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-026846
Section V: Award of contract
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
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079760000
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/03/2023