Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle University
4th Floor King's Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Contact person: Mr Graeme Hayes
Telephone: +44 1912088618
E-mail: graeme.hayes@ncl.ac.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ncl.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ncl.ac.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=e330645a-9b62-ee11-8124-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=e330645a-9b62-ee11-8124-005056b64545
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
NU/1954 The Supply and Installation of an Incubator Imaging System
Reference number: DN692776
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33152000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Newcastle University Structural Biology Facility, within FMS, provides equipment and support to research groups seeking atomic resolution information about their protein targets. The Facility is looking to provide two crystallization plate incubators (4 °C and 20 °C) with imaging capability. The scope of this contract is for the delivery, installation and commissioning of this equipment, training, warranty and maintenance and servicing. The full specification is detailed in Section 3 of this ITT. Suppliers must submit an offer for the full scope of requirements detailed in Section 3, failure to do so will result in exclusion from the tender process.
Newcastle University is not classified as a contracting authority and as such is not obliged to comply with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR), although we may choose to do so if required by a public funding body. For the avoidance of doubt, this opportunity is not being tendered as a regulated procedure under PCR but will follow an equivalent procedure deemed by the University to be fair and transparent.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
800 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Newcastle University Structural Biology Facility, within FMS, provides equipment and support to research groups seeking atomic resolution information about their protein targets. The Facility is looking to provide two crystallization plate incubators (4 °C and 20 °C) with imaging capability. The scope of this contract is for the delivery, installation and commissioning of this equipment, training, warranty and maintenance and servicing. The full specification is detailed in Section 3 of this ITT. Suppliers must submit an offer for the full scope of requirements detailed in Section 3, failure to do so will result in exclusion from the tender process.
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:
800 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
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 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
09/11/2023
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
09/11/2023
Local time: 14:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/10/2023