United Kingdom-Lisrburn: DAERA NIEA – Supply and Delivery of a LCMS Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2021/S 000-028729/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: NORTHERN IRELAND ENVIROMENT AGENCY NIEA
Postal address: 17 Antrim Road
Town: Lisrburn
Postal code: BT28 3AL
Country: United Kingdom
Email: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
to the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: DAERA NIEA – Supply and Delivery of a LCMS Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer

Reference number: ID3741083
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 38433100
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The NIEA Trace Organics Team require a Contractor for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Warranty and Training of staff in the use of a High Resolution Time of Flight Liquid Chromatographic Mass Spectrometer, (UHPLC TOFMS), to perform analysis of WFD Annex 8/10 substances
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 200000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38432200, 38432000, 38400000, 38000000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The NIEA Trace Organics Team require a Contractor for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Warranty and Training of staff in the use of a High Resolution Time of Flight Liquid Chromatographic Mass Spectrometer, (UHPLC TOFMS), to perform analysis of WFD Annex 8/10 substances
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 200000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:This is a recurring requirement and may be retendered

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: Contract is based on initial 1 year initial period that covers the warranty period and 4 further optional extensions periods to cover the warranty service and maintenance package

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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedureIV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2021-12-17 Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2022-03-17
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2021-12-17 Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information:
The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see…….. Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 – Contract Management – Procedures and Principles). Contractors not delivering on contract…….. requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory…….. levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach… satisfactory….. levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this.. occurs. and their….. performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an.. act of grave. professional….. misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may.. be terminated.. A central.. register…. of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the.. CPD website. Any. contractor in.. receipt of a… Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender.. submissions for a. period of three.. years from the… date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from.. all procurement. competitions being.. undertaken by… Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern.. Ireland Procurement. Policy.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court Commercial Division to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations
Town: UK
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended)and,…. where… appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of…. contract is… communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2021-11-17