United Kingdom-Newcastle upon Tyne: Checking and testing apparatus

Type of document: Contract Awards
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 005-005097/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
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Newcastle University
King’s Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
Postal code: NE1 7RU
United Kingdom
Contact points(s): www.ncl-tenders.co.uk
For the attention of: Emma Barksby
Phone: +44 1912086298
Email: purchasing@ncl.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1912228845
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.ncl.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.ncl-tenders.co.uk/suppliers
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:
(NU/1103) The Supply and Installation of a Surface Plasmon Resonance System.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies
Type of supplies contract: Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Newcastle upon Tyne.
Nuts code: UKC22
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):
This tender is for the supply and installation of a surface plasmon resonance system for use in research for structure-based drug discovery.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
38500000, 38000000,
II.1.6) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): YES
II.2) Total final value of contract(s):
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s):
233 134 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure:
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open
IV.2) Award criteria:
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below:
1. Price. Weighting 45
2. Ability to Meet the Technical Specification. Weighting 45
3. Quality of Training. Weighting 5
4. Quality of After Sales Support. Weighting 5
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:
NU/11033
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
Notice number in the OJEU:
2015/S 219-399213 of 12.11.2015
Section V: Award of contract
Lot Title: (NU/1103) The Supply and Installation of a Surface Plasmon Resonance System
Contract No: NU/1103
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
13.12.2015
V.2) Information about offers:
Number of offers received: 2
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken:
GE Healthcare UK Ltd
AP12 Amersham Place
Little Chalfont
HP7 9NA
United Kingdom
V.4) Information on value of contract:
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.3.2) 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. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have two working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the address in section I.1.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 setting 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.4) Date of dispatch of this notice:
07.01.2016