Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
Egham Hill
Egham
TW20 0EX
UK
Telephone: +44 1784414181
E-mail: procurement@rhul.ac.uk
NUTS: UKJ25
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.rhul.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.rhul.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
RHUL-24021 Support for an Existing Electron Beam Lithography System
Reference number: RHUL-24021
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50344000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
AWARDED – An agreement to Joël UK Limited for the ongoing warranty and support for a further period of five years, for an existing Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) System within the SuperFab Class 5 Clean Room facility
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ25
Main site or place of performance:
West Surrey
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
AWARDED - An agreement to Jeol UK Limited, the original manufacturer and exclusive provider of ongoing warranty and support services for an existing instrument critical to the operation of the university's class 5 clean room nanotechnology fabrication research unit, for an initial period of five years at a cost of £554k. The university reserves the right to extend this agreement to cover the functional lifetime of the equipment (estimated at a maximum of 30 years) therefore the total estimated value of award is up to £4m.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Please see Annex D
/ Weighting: 100
Cost criterion: Please see Annex D
/ Weighting: 100
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
This is a direct award to Jeol U.K. Limited for an initial five year agreement for ongoing warranty and support for an existing Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) System. This instrument is critical to the operation of the Class 5 Clean Room and is used by academic and industrial research partners to further global research in this field. The instrument is in-situ and functional, and no-one other than the original manufacturer can provide the ongoing warranty/support required. Whilst the initial extension is for a five year period, the university reserves the right to further extend the support for the useful life of the instrument under this award (estimated at a maximum of 30 years).
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/08/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Jeol (U.K.) Limited
00939456
Silver Court, Watchmead
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1LT
UK
Telephone: +44 1707377117
E-mail: uk.sales@jeoluk.com
Fax: +44 1707373254
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
URL: www.jeoluk.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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GO Reference: GO-2023921-PRO-24012560
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/09/2023