Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium
04045190
Room 404, 4th Floor, Crescent House, University of Salford
Salford
M5 4WT
UK
Contact person: Lisa Blackburn
Telephone: +44 1618003
E-mail: lisa.blackburn@nwupc.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://nwupc.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/91080
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=78715&B=NWUPC
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=78715&B=NWUPC
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Sub-central contracting authority
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Electronic Components & Associated Products
Reference number: LAB3152 NW
II.1.2) Main CPV code
31711100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
NWUPC is seeking to establish a multi-provider Framework Agreement for Electronic Components and Associated Products. The Framework Agreement will be split into 5 lots as follows:
Lot 1 – Electronic Components including Development Boards and Associated products
Lot 2 – Tools and Fixings
Lot 3 – Test and Measurement Equipment
Lot 4 – Rechargeable & Single Use Batteries
Lot 5 – Multi-Purpose Lot
This Framework Agreement will commence on 01st July 2024 for an initial period of 24 months until 30th June 2026 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 30th June 2027 and a further 12 months until 30th June 2028 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance. Coverage on this agreement shall be national - all of the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland. The following organisations have committed to this procurement, All Lots: NWUPC, NEUPC, LUPC, SUPC, APUC, HEPCW, CPC.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
88 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
Any combination of Lots 1-5
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Electronic Components including Development Boards and Associated products
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
31710000
31711000
31711500
31712114
31711100
31712300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1 – Electronic Components including Development Boards and Associated products
includes, but is not limited to, the following scope; diodes, cables, capacitors, resistors, switches, transistors, voltage regulators, fuses, jack plugs, circuit boards and components, development boards, bulbs, silicone, grease, pastes, robotics components, student kits, programmable devices, integrated circuits (both digital and analogue types), single board computers, microcontrollers, LED’s, custom printed circuit boards . This list is not exhaustive.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Customer Requirements
/ Weighting: 40.00%
Price
/ Weighting:
60.00%
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/07/2024
End:
30/06/2028
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
This Framework Agreement will commence on 01st July 2024 for an initial period of 24 months until 30th June 2026 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 30th June 2027 and a further 12 months until 30th June 2028 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Whilst the agreement is split into five lots as above, you only need to complete the award criteria questionnaire once within the EU Supply system irrespective of the number of lots to which you are applying, this is titled ‘Supply of Electronic Components & Associated Products Lots 1-5.'
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Tools and Fixings
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
24911200
24951000
24951100
43830000
44510000
44511000
44512000
24910000
44530000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2 – Tools and Fixings includes, but is not limited to, the following scope; hand tools and electrical tools including but not limited to saws, jigsaws, drills, drill bits, soldering irons, pliers, screwdrivers, spanners, socket sets, bradawl, hammers and mallets, tape measures, circular saws, routing tools, ladders, files, chisel, clamps, vice, wrench, bolt cutters, allen keys, level, planes, tool boxes, knifes, work benches, sanders, hot air guns, glue guns, consumables for tools, blades, discs, nuts and bolts, tools powered by rechargeable batteries. Fixings including but not limited to glues, adhesives, screws and nails. This list is not exhaustive.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Customer Requirements
/ Weighting: 40.00%
Price
/ Weighting:
60.00%
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/07/2024
End:
30/06/2028
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
This Framework Agreement will commence on 01st July 2024 for an initial period of 24 months until 30th June 2026 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 30th June 2027 and a further 12 months until 30th June 2028 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Whilst the agreement is split into five lots as above, you only need to complete the award criteria questionnaire once within the EU Supply system irrespective of the number of lots to which you are applying, this is titled ‘Supply of Electronic Components & Associated Products Lots 1-5.'
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Test and Measurement Equipment
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38342000
38500000
38970000
38341310
38341320
38900000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 3 – Test and Measurement Equipment includes, but is not limited to, the following scope; digital storage scopes, oscilloscopes, power supply units, probes, test kits, microwave leakage detectors, probes, thermal imagers, spectrum analysers, software defined test and measurement equipment, benchtop environmental test chambers, multi-meters, test and measurement associated software, support and warranty packages. This list is not exhaustive.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Customer Requirements
/ Weighting: 40.00%
Price
/ Weighting:
60.00%
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/07/2024
End:
30/06/2028
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
This Framework Agreement will commence on 01st July 2024 for an initial period of 24 months until 30th June 2026 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 30th June 2027 and a further 12 months until 30th June 2028 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Whilst the agreement is split into five lots as above, you only need to complete the award criteria questionnaire once within the EU Supply system irrespective of the number of lots to which you are applying, this is titled ‘Supply of Electronic Components & Associated Products Lots 1-5.'
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Rechargeable & Single Use Batteries
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
31411000
31420000
31421000
31440000
31400000
31430000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 4 – Rechargeable & Single Use Batteries includes, but is not limited to, the following scope; non-rechargeable and rechargeable batteries and accessories (AAA, AA, C, D, PP3), coin cells, button cells, lead acid batteries, camera, laptop and phone batteries, emergency light batteries, tool batteries, chargers for aforementioned batteries. This list is not exhaustive.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Customer Requirements
/ Weighting: 40.00%
Price
/ Weighting:
60.00%
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/07/2024
End:
30/06/2028
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
This Framework Agreement will commence on 01st July 2024 for an initial period of 24 months until 30th June 2026 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 30th June 2027 and a further 12 months until 30th June 2028 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Whilst the agreement is split into five lots as above, you only need to complete the award criteria questionnaire once within the EU Supply system irrespective of the number of lots to which you are applying, this is titled ‘Supply of Electronic Components & Associated Products Lots 1-5.'
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Multi-Purpose Lot
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
24910000
24911200
24951000
24951100
31400000
31411000
31420000
31421000
31430000
31440000
31710000
31711000
31711100
31711500
31712110
31712300
38342000
38500000
38970000
43830000
44510000
44511000
44512000
44530000
38341310
38341320
38900000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 5 – Mulit-Purpose Lot covers a combined requirement for two or more of the following categories of product: Electronic Components including Development Boards and Associated products, Tools and Fixings, Test and Measurement Equipment; and Rechargeable & Single Use Batteries. Where Member Institutions have a requirement for the supply of products under two or more of the above categories, they may call off separately from the relevant lots of lots 1-4 or they may use the multi-purpose lot 5 via a single call-off. Lot 5 should not be used to call off for requirements relating only to a single category.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Customer Requirements
/ Weighting: 40.00%
Price
/ Weighting:
60.00%
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/07/2024
End:
30/06/2028
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
This Framework Agreement will commence on 01st July 2024 for an initial period of 24 months until 30th June 2026 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 30th June 2027 and a further 12 months until 30th June 2028 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Whilst the agreement is split into five lots as above, you only need to complete the award criteria questionnaire once within the EU Supply system irrespective of the number of lots to which you are applying, this is titled ‘Supply of Electronic Components & Associated Products Lots 1-5.'
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 23
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
05/04/2024
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
05/04/2024
Local time: 14:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
At some point during the life of the Framework Agreement the current members of the following may wish to utilise the Agreement and should have access at any point with the permission of NWUPC. This Agreement is not intended to replace any current Agreements that either participating or non-participating Institutions may already have in place. A list of the current members is available as follows:
NWUPC https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
APUC http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
HEPCW http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/
LUPC https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list
NEUPC http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members
SUPC https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
CPC https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/
Central Government Departments, Local Government and Public Corporations that can be accessed at the Public Sector Classification Guide
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
Local Authorities
https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
https://www.local.gov.uk
NDPBs
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
National Parks Authorities
https://www.nationalparks.uk/
Police Forces in the United Kingdom
http://www.police.uk/?view=force_sites
https://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html
Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdom
https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/fire-and-rescue-services
NHS Bodies England
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/
Hospices in the UK
https://www.hospiceuk.org/hospice-care-finder
Registered Social Landlords (Housing Associations)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/registered-providers-of-social-housing
Third Sector and Charities in the United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission
http://www.oscr.org.uk
Citizens Advice in the United Kingdom
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice.htm
www.cas.org.uk
Scottish Police
http://www.scotland.police.uk
NI Public Bodies
Northern Ireland Government Departments
https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/topics/your-executive/government-departments
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/government-departments-in-northern-ireland
Northern Ireland Public Sector Bodies and Local Authorities
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
Schools and Universities in Northern Ireland
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
Health and Social care in Northern Ireland
http://online.hscni.net
Northern Ireland Housing Associations
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations
Police Service of Northern Ireland
https://www.psni.police.uk
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NWUPC
Room 404, 4th Floor, Crescent House, University of Salford
Salford
M54WT
UK
E-mail: procurement@nwupc.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/02/2024