United Kingdom-Swindon: UK SBS PR19059 LoKI Collimator Vessel

Type of document: Contract Awards
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2020/S 002-001419/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: UK Research and Innovation
Postal address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Town: Swindon
Postal code: SN2 1FF
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Fiona Morris
Email: majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type: UK Research and innovation
I.5) Main activity
Other activity: UK Research and innovation

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: UK SBS PR19059 LoKI Collimator Vessel
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 45214630
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: LoKI is a SANS instrument that will enable scientists to answer the challenging materials science questions of tomorrow in fields from health and aging, to sustainability and energy security. One of the first instrument concepts to be proposed and moved into construction, LoKI will be part of the early science programme at ESS.
This is a requirement for the design and manufacture of a rectangular vacuum vessel for use on the Loki ESS beamline to be delivered to UKRI — STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, UK.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:249500.00
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UK
Main site or place of performance:UKRI — STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This requirement is for the design, manufacture and testing of a vacuum vessel for the collimation system designed for LOKI. LOKI is a SANS instrument that will enable scientists to answer the challenging materials science questions of tomorrow in fields from health and aging, to sustainability and energy security. One of the first instrument concepts to be proposed and moved into construction, LOKI will be part of the early science programme at The European Spallation Source (ESS). STFC are supplying the LOKI beamline to the ESS as a UK in kind contribution. LOKI will be designed and prebuilt by UKRI — STFC. Once completed, UKRI — STFC will ship it to the ESS site for installation. Once LOKI is installed it will be supported by ESS operation staff for the lifetime of the beamline.
Included within the scope of work is the design of the rectangular vacuum vessel, for use on the LOKI ESS beamline along with all sourcing, manufacturing and assembly activities associated. The requirement includes defining, implementing and documenting the results of, the quality control and assurance plan, providing all required documentation and delivery of the vacuum vessel assembly to the ISIS neutron facility in Didcot, Oxfordshire along with all packaging and handling activities associated with this delivery.
Please refer to the full specification and suite of tender documentation for details of the entire requirement.
All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service’s eSourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, participants shall first be registered on the eSourcing Suite. If bidders have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at by following the link ‘Supplier eSourcing Registration’. Please note that, to register, bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
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Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will process the email and then enable the bidder to access the procurement online via the eSourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. As a user of the eSourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity. For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Helpdesk (Not UK SBS Ltd). Freephone: 03450103503
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Responses must be received by the date in IV.2.2). Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

II.2.5)Award criteria

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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about the 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:2019/S 111-271534
Section V: Award of contract
Title: UK SBS PR19059 LoKI Collimator Vessel

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2019-08-12
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: AVS Added Value Engineering Solutions SLU
Postal address: Poligono Industrial Sigma, C/Xixilion 2 Bajo Pab 10, Elgoibar 20870
Town: ELGOIBAR
Country: Spain
Nuts code: ES
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 230000.00
Total value of the contract/lot: 249500.00
Currency: GBP

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information:
The contracting authority(CA) will continue to utilise the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for this procurement if the United Kingdom (UK) is able to gain access to the OJEU.
If, however during this procurement process the UK exits the EU and this does not allow for any transitional arrangements of access aligned to the timings of the procurement, the contracting authority will as directed by the UK Governments Cabinet Office (via Crown Commercial Services) utilise the UK Governments own procurement portal to discharge the balance of its statutory obligations associated with this procurement.
This procurement is for a single requirement and it is not technically feasible to divide the requirement into lots.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Postal address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Town: Swindon
Postal code: SN2 1FF
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: policy@uksbs.co.uk

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Postal address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Town: Swindon
Postal code: SN2 1FF
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: policy@uksbs.co.uk

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Postal address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Town: Swindon
Postal code: SN2 1FF
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2019-12-31