United Kingdom-Durham: Mass spectrometer

Type of document: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 121-216707/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency 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: Neil Petch
Phone: +44 1913344542
Email: neil.petch@durham.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1913344539
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.durham.ac.uk
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law
I.3) Main activity:
Education
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:
Multiple Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (MC-ICPMS) for Novel Stable isotope facility for energy, resources and the environment.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
SUPPLIES
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Science Labs, Durham, DH1 3LE.
NUTS code: UKC1
II.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS):
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Supply of a multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS).
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical.
The equipment required must be compatible with 4 other similar instruments in our laboratories, allowing interchanging of parts, and ease of day-to-day running and maintenance.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
38433100,
II.1.6) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): NO
II.2) Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
338 000 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure:
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annexes D1, D2 or D3 as appropriate)
The equipment required must be compatible with 4 other similar instruments in our laboratories, allowing interchanging of parts, ease of day-to-day running and maintenance and to maintain operational efficiencies.
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction:
An electronic auction has been used: NO
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No
Section V: Award of contract

Lot title: Multiple Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (MC-ICPMS) for Novel Stable isotope facility for energy, resources and the environment
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
V.2) Information about offers:
Number of offers received: 1
Number of offers received by electronic means: 1
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Stafford House, Boundary Way
Hemel Hempstead
Postal code: HP2 7GE
United Kingdom
Internet address: www.thermo.com
V.4) Information on value of contract:
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: GBP 363 500
Excluding VAT
V.5) Information about subcontracting:
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about European Union funds:
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
VI.2) Additional information:
VI.3) Procedures for appeal
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice:
22.06.2016