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UK-Durham: mass spectrometer

Contract Award

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   DURHAM
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:91322-2009
Publication Date:   Apr 2, 2009
Buyer:   UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
DURHAM, Tees Valley and Durham
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.durham.ac.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2180 - Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 64/2009, #91322-2009
Referenced Document Number: 281740-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Waters UK Ltd, 730-740 Centennial Court, UK-Elstree WD6 3SZ.
E-mail: uk@waters.com. Tel. +44 2082386100. URL: www.waters.com.

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CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): University of Durham,
Procurement Service, Mountjoy Block 4, Stockton Road, Contact: Lyndsay
Keane, Attn: Lyndsay Keane, UK-Durham DH1 3UZ. Tel. +44 1913344530.
E-mail: l.v.keane@durham.ac.uk. Fax +44 1913344540.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.durham.ac.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Education.
Other: Research.
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:
081009-Mass Spectrometer.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Durham.
NUTS code UKC1.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Durham
University Chemistry Department are in the process of updating and
modernizing the mass spectrometry facility to support a wider range of
chemical and biochemical sciences. With the focus on compound
determination and structural characterisation it will be important that
the modern technology is able to handle the widest range of chemical
compounds, from polar to non-polar and from volatile to involatile. To
meet demand the instrumentation required includes GCMS with solids probe
accessories and accurate mass capability plus an LCMS tandem mass
spectrometer.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 38433100.
II.1.6) Contract 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): Value: 327 395 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
1. Appropriateness of Solution. Weighting: 40 %.
2. Commercial/Non-Commercial Aspects. Weighting: 40 %.
3. Price. Weighting: 20 %.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction was used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the Contracting Authority:
081009.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 212-281740 of 31.10.2008.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONTRACT NO: 081009
TITLE: Mass Spectrometer.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 30.3.2009.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 4.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Waters UK Ltd, 730-740 Centennial Court, UK-Elstree WD6 3SZ.
E-mail: uk@waters.com. Tel. +44 2082386100. URL: www.waters.com.
V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT If annual or monthly value: number
of years: 4.
V.5) THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED: No.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.3) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: As in section V1.4.2
below.
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 1.1.
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 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.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 31.3.2009.
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