United Kingdom-Belfast: QUB/2010/21A Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-005108/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Queen’s University Belfast
Postal address: University Road
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT7 1NN
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Mrs Gillian Wasson
Telephone: +44 2890973026
Email: g.wasson@qub.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

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: QUB/2010/21A Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph

Reference number: QUB/2010/21A
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 38622000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: This procurement comprises the one-off purchase of a collimator parabola for the HARPS3 spectrograph.HARPS3 will be a copy of the ultra-precise radial-velocity spectrograph HARPS located on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and the more recent HARPS-N located on the 3.6-m TNG telescope on La Palma. HARPS3 will be installed at the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands and it shall be used for the Terra Hunting Experiment – a 10-year study to find Earth-like exoplanets around our nearest Solar-like stars.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:160000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 38622000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
Main site or place of performance:Delivery to Cambridge, UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement comprises the one-off purchase of a collimator parabola for the HARPS3 spectrograph.HARPS3 will be a copy of the ultra-precise radial-velocity spectrograph HARPS located on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and the more recent HARPS-N located on the 3.6-m TNG telescope on La Palma. HARPS3 will be installed at the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands and it shall be used for the Terra Hunting Experiment – a 10-year study to find Earth-like exoplanets around our nearest Solar-like stars.

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
II.2.14) Additional information:

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:2021/S 000-024397
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: QUB/2010/21A
Lot No: 1
Title: Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2022-02-09
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:5
Number of tenders received from SMEs:5
Number of tenders received from other EU Member States:4
Number of tenders received from non-EU Member States:1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Thales SESO
Postal address: 530 Rue Frederic Joilot, 13593 Aix-en-Provence, France
Town: Aix-en-Provence
Country: France
Nuts code:
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: 200000
Total value of the contract/lot:160000
Currency:GBP

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Queen’s University Belfast
Postal address: University Road
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT7 1NN
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: procurement@qub.ac.uk
Internet address:

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2022-02-24