United Kingdom-Swansea: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 130-232692/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 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Swansea University
Postal address: The Purchasing Office, Swansea University, Singleton Park
Town: Swansea
Postal code: SA2 8PP
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1792292779
Email: purchasing@swansea.ac.uk
Nuts code: UKL
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.swansea.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile:

I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
another address:Official name: etenderwales Bravo Solution
Town: Swansea
Country: United Kingdom
Email: purchasing@swansea.ac.uk
Nuts code: UKL
Internet address(es):
Main address:

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available.
Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible,free of charge,at:
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: T90(16) Nanomechancial Characterisation Equipment.

Reference number: T90(16)
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The equipment required:
Elevated Temperature Nanoindenter — A nanoindenter capable of working at elevated temperature and in controlled environments.
Scanning Electron Microscope/Focused Ion Beam Stage Nanoindenter — A nanoindenter and allied nanomechanical characterisation equipment to be mounted in the vacuum chamber of a focused ion beam milling (FIB) scanning electron microscope (SEM) system
X-Ray Microtomography Stage Nanoindenter — A nanoindenter and allied nanomechanical characterisation equipment to be mounted on a high spatial resolution X-Ray Microtomography (XT) equipment.

II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38000000, 33111000, 38511100

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The Materials Research Centre at the College of Engineering of Swansea University specialises in the characterisation of a large range of materials with a particular emphasis placed on structure-property relationships, and close relationships with industrial partners. The purchase of both standalone and in-situ nano-mechanical characterisation equipment will widen the scope for researchers to asion sess the nanomechanical properties of a wide range of materials, from soft biomaterials to hard, dense materials such as nickel superalloys. This equipment will support over 100 separate academic/industrial projects funded through the Materials and Manufacturing Academy (M2A) at Swansea University, funded via WEFO. The University wishes to purchase a suite of nanomechanical testing equipment to allow the testing of very small volumes of materials in a range of environments.
The equipment required:
Elevated Temperature Nanoindenter — A nanoindenter capable of working at elevated temperature and in controlled environments.
Scanning Electron Microscope/Focused Ion Beam Stage Nanoindenter — A nanoindenter and allied nanomechanical characterisation equipment to be mounted in the vacuum chamber of a focused ion beam milling (FIB) scanning electron microscope (SEM) system
X-Ray Microtomography Stage Nanoindenter — A nanoindenter and allied nanomechanical characterisation equipment to be mounted on a high spatial resolution X-Ray Microtomography (XT) equipment.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below
Quality criterion -Name: Technical/Weighting:60Quality criterion -Name: Collaboration/Weighting:7Quality criterion -Name: After Sales Support & Warranty/Weighting:10Quality criterion -Name: Lead Time/Weighting:3
Cost criterion -Name: Finance/Weighting:20
II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 700000 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start: 2016-11-07End: 2016-12-05
This contract is subject to renewal: no
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: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:yes
Identification of the project:The funding for this contract may be provided from a number of different sources including the Welsh Government, UK Government, European Investment Bank Loan or ERDF Fund through the Welsh Government.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

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: 2016-08-04 Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2016-08-04 Local time: 12:00

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
IV.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
The funding for this contract may be provided from a number of different sources including the Welsh Government, UK Government, European Investment Bank Loan or European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government.
This contract will also include the Swansea University Science and Innovation Bay Campus.
Note: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at
(WA Ref:48709).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Swansea University
Postal address: The Purchasing Office, Swansea University, Singleton Park
Town: Swansea
Postal code: SA2 8PP
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1792295890
Internet address: www.swansea.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2016-07-05