United Kingdom-Durham: Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2017/S 015-024683/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
University of Durham
Procurement Service, Mountjoy Centre, Holly Wing, Stockton Road
Durham
Postal code: DH1 3LE
United Kingdom
For the attention of: Catherine Harrison
Phone: +44 1913344537
Email: catherine.harrison@durham.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1913344539
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.durham.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile:
Electronic access to information:
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate:
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law
I.3) Main activity: Education
OTHER: research
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No
Section II: Object of the contract:
II.1) Description:
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
OJEU17-003 Floating Zone Single Crystal Growth Furnace.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies
Type of supplies contract: Purchase
Nuts code: UKC1
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS):
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the specific contract:
Durham Chemistry is a thriving centre for teaching and research in Chemistry. We and partners in Physics and Materials from a range of UK universities have significant research activity in functional inorganic materials. To underpin this work we require equipment to produce large single crystal samples of a number of materials.
The University wish to purchase a Floating Zone Furnace capable of growing large single crystals of inorganic materials from the melt at temperatures up to 2 200 centigrade. We also need to purchase ancillary equipment to help prepare samples for use in the furnace. This will be a one off purchase.
To express an interest please go to the following website:
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 42300000, 42310000
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): YES
II.1.8) Lots:
The contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.9) Information about variants:
Variants will be accepted: YES
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract:
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Total Contract Value 189 600 GBP.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
189 600 GBP
II.2.2) Information about options:
Options:no
II.2.3) Information about renewals:
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion:
Starting 28.3.2017Completion 31.7.2018
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract:
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Joint and Several Liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions:
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2) Conditions for participation:
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Requested in tender documentation.
Details of any exclusions can be found in the tender document, a copy of which is available at the following website:
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Requested in tender documentation.
Details of any exclusions can be found in the tender document, a copy of which is available at the following website:
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Requested in Tender.
Any mandatory technical requirements are detailed at the following link:

III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts:
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts:
III.3.1) Information about a particular profession:
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: NO
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure:
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiatedNO
IV.2) Award criteria:
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction:
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3) Administrative information:
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity:
OJEU17-003
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents:20.02.2017 – 12:00
Payable documents: No
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
20.02.2017 – 12:00
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
19.1.2017
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
EN
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
In days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening of tenders:
Date: 20.2.2016 – 12:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: No
VI.2) Information about European Union funds:
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
VI.3) Additional information
VI.4) Procedures for appeal:
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
As in section V1.4.2 below
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The communication will be in the form of a letter which will be issued electronically. The letter will provide a full debrief and contact details should a tenderer wish to appeal the decision. The timescale for appeals will be detailed in the letter.If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
19.01.2017