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Contract Notice

RE20505 UKSBS Low Value Laboratory Equipment — Dynamic Purchasing system

  • First published: 09 October 2020
  • Last modified: 09 October 2020

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Authority ID:
AA50908
Publication date:
09 October 2020
Deadline date:
11 November 2020
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

UK SBS wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of the low value laboratory equipment (low value meaning GBP 10 000-GBP 200 000). UK SBS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as may be amended from time to time) (the ‘Regulations’).

The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) shall be in operation for a period of 2 years with the option to extend + 1 + 1 years.

The DPS will be broken down into 41 categories:

1) microscope, optical,

2) microscope, electron,

3) microscope, X-ray,

4) microscope, other,

5) imaging and quantification,

6) plate readers,

7) spectrometers,

8) camera systems,

9) chromatography, liquid,

10) chromatography, gas,

11) chromatography, other,

12) diffractometers,

13) local exhaust ventilation,

14) media kitchen/glass wash,

15) sterilisation/purification systems,

16) flat optics,

17) lenses,

18) curved mirrors (parabolas, spherical, etc.),

19) gain media,

20) active optical components,

21) autoclaves/incubators/ovens,

22) shakers,

23) thin film coating plants,

24) critical point dryer,

25) biochemistry, electrophoresic,

26) DNA preparation, amplification and analysis,

27) cold storage,

28) centrifuges and rotors,

29) general lab,

30) micromachining systems,

31) medical equipment,

32) clinical specimen analysis,

33) animal measurements,

34) cell handling equipment,

35) radiation monitoring equipment,

36) pulsed Lasers,

37) electronic equipment,

38) BioPhysics,

39) vacuum equipment,

40) natural environment analysers,

41) weighing equipment.

If you are successfully appointed to the DPS following your request to participate, you will be invited to submit tenders for relevant service requirements through a call for competition.

The initial deadline for requests to participate is 11.00 on 12 November 2020, however, the DPS remains open to any supplier to request to participate throughout its 2-year duration. The DPS does not guarantee any minimum spend and there will be no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee under this DPS.

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and follow the instructions to register. If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and the follow the instructions to ‘Login’ Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the access code: 9F7J6DQVZR

UK SBS is establishing this DPS for itself and customers who are Other Public Bodies (OPB's). This means that OPB's referred to in the OJEU notice may also participate in the contract.

A full list of all organisations, institutes, centres and bodies (Authorised Entities) that may also use this framework agreement can be found through the link below: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

UK Shared Business Services Ltd

Polaris House

Swindon

SN2 1FL

UK

E-mail: Research.Tenders@uksbs.co.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.uksbs.co.uk

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

www.delta-esourcing.com


I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Other: Research

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

RE20505 UKSBS Low Value Laboratory Equipment — Dynamic Purchasing system

Reference number: RE20505

II.1.2) Main CPV code

38000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description

UK SBS wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of the low value laboratory equipment (low value meaning GBP 10 000-GBP 200 000). UK SBS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as may be amended from time to time) (the ‘Regulations’).

The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) shall be in operation for a period of 2 years with the option to extend + 1 + 1 years.

The DPS will be broken down into 41 categories:

If you are successfully appointed to the DPS following your request to participate, you will be invited to submit tenders for relevant service requirements through a call for competition.

The initial deadline for requests to participate is 11.00 on 12 November 2020, however, the DPS remains open to any supplier to request to participate throughout its 2-year duration. The DPS does not guarantee any minimum spend and there will be no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee under this DPS.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 9 500 000.00  GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

33100000

73000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

UK SBS wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of the low value laboratory equipment (low value meaning GBP 10 000-GBP 200 000). UK SBS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as may be amended from time to time) (the ‘Regulations’).

The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) shall be in operation for a period of 2 years with the option to extend + 1 + 1 years.

The DPS will be broken down into 41 categories:

1) microscope, optical,

2) microscope, electron,

3) microscope, X-ray,

4) microscope, other,

5) imaging and quantification,

6) plate readers,

7) spectrometers,

8) camera systems,

9) chromatography, liquid,

10) chromatography, gas,

11) chromatography, other,

12) diffractometers,

13) local exhaust ventilation,

14) media kitchen/glass wash,

15) sterilisation/purification systems,

16) flat optics,

17) lenses,

18) curved mirrors (parabolas, spherical, etc.),

19) gain media,

20) active optical components,

21) autoclaves/incubators/ovens,

22) shakers,

23) thin film coating plants,

24) critical point dryer,

25) biochemistry, electrophoresic,

26) DNA preparation, amplification and analysis,

27) cold storage,

28) centrifuges and rotors,

29) general lab,

30) micromachining systems,

31) medical equipment,

32) clinical specimen analysis,

33) animal measurements,

34) cell handling equipment,

35) radiation monitoring equipment,

36) pulsed Lasers,

37) electronic equipment,

38) BioPhysics,

39) vacuum equipment,

40) natural environment analysers,

41) weighing equipment.

If you are successfully appointed to the DPS following your request to participate, you will be invited to submit tenders for relevant service requirements through a call for competition.

The initial deadline for requests to participate is 11.00 on 12 November 2020, however, the DPS remains open to any supplier to request to participate throughout its 2-year duration. The DPS does not guarantee any minimum spend and there will be no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee under this DPS.

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and follow the instructions to register. If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and the follow the instructions to ‘Login’ Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the access code: 9F7J6DQVZR

UK SBS is establishing this DPS for itself and customers who are Other Public Bodies (OPB's). This means that OPB's referred to in the OJEU notice may also participate in the contract.

A full list of all organisations, institutes, centres and bodies (Authorised Entities) that may also use this framework agreement can be found through the link below: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 9 500 000.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: No

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: No

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

Suppliers will be assessed on the selection criteria information provided in response to their request to participate, for a place on the RE20505 (DPS).

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

Restricted procedure

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system

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: 11/11/2020

Local time: 11:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

The contracting authority expressly reserves the right:

(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and

(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier. If the contracting authority decides to enter into a Dynamic Purchasing System with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. Any orders placed under this Dynamic Purchasing System will form a separate contract under the scope of this framework between the supplier and the specific requesting other contracting body. The contracting authority and other contracting bodies utilising the framework reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement. The values provided for a Dynamic Purchasing System in this notice is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee any business values or volumes. UK Shared Business Services Ltd wishes to establish a framework agreement for use by the following UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations): http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts).

The sourcing documents can be accessed at: www.delta-esourcing.com using the instructions detailed in I.3).

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

UK Shared Business Services Ltd

Polaris House

Swindon

SN2 1FF

UK

Internet address(es)

URL: www.uksbs.co.uk

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

UK Shared Business Services Ltd

Polaris House

Swindon

SN2 1FF

UK

E-mail: Policy@uksbs.co.uk

Internet address(es)

URL: www.uksbs.co.uk

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

UK Shared Business Services Ltd

Polaris House

Swindon

SN2 1FF

UK

E-mail: Policy@uksbs.co.uk

Internet address(es)

URL: www.uksbs.co.uk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

02/10/2020

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) Technology and Equipment
33100000 Medical equipments Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services Research and Development

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
Research.Tenders@uksbs.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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