DCU PRTLIV Equipment Round 1 2011
Dublin City University (DCU)
Lot 1: Fast-field-cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Relaxometer.
Ref. PRTLI5-001 DCU wishes to purchase a fast-field-cycling NMR Relaxometer for use in research programmes in nanotechnology and soft matter. The field switching time and field homogeneity should be sufficiently high to make possible detailed studies of molecular dynamics. Specifically the instrument should be capable of measuring solid and liquid state NMR relaxation times across a wide range of magnetic field strengths, timescales and sample temperatures.
Lot 1(a) Supply and installation of a chiller system and associated equipment for Fast-field-cycling NMR Relaxometer.
Ref. PRTLI5-001A As part of the purchase of PRTLI5-001, a new chiller system, leak detection system and installation of insulation to a large external buffer vessel is required.
Lot 2: Maskless Lithography.
Ref. PRTLI5-002 As a central part of the microfabrication suite to be established in the Nano-Bio-Analytical Research Facility at Dublin City University (DCU), we are looking for a mask-less lithography system. The main application will be the micron-scale and sub-micron scale, near-UV (350 nm to 400 nm) patterning of thick photoresists, mainly SU-8 but possibly also dry resist. The patterns generated in thick photoresist will mainly be used as direct or indirect replication templates in polymer microfabrication, but might also be used directly in microfluidics applications. Also, mask writing, which is typically the mainstream application of mask-less lithography systems, would be a useful addition to the core system.
Lot 3: Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) System.
Ref. PRTLI5-003 The TIRF system supplied will be required to visualise various cell structures in animal cell systems, patterned nanomaterials and interactions with these surfaces. The TIRF system should have a capability of visualising over time, accommodate a flow cell system and for stage positioning. The system should be supplied with the necessary software for full system control and subsequent analysis.
Lot 4: Metal Deposition.
Ref. PRTLI5-004 DCU seeks a system to deposit metal layers on micro-fabricated substrates, e.g. silicon and glass wafers, SU-8 photoresist layers and polymers substrates. These layers will typically be patterned by lithographically enabled “lift-off” processes to form micro-structured electrodes in microfluidic systems.
Lot 5: Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) upgrade.
Ref. PRTLI5-005 DCU seeks an upgrade of hardware, controller and software to existing Veeco (now Bruker Nano) Dimension 3100 AFM and must be fully compatible with the existing AFM system which has an extender box (Model EX1) and runs Nano-scope III software.
Lot 6: Langmuir-Blodgett.
Ref. PRTLI5-006 DCU seeks a Langmuir-Blodgett trough suitable for the deposition of close-packed monolayers of e.g. polystyrene nano-spheres (diameters 200 nm up to several microns) and other material monolayers on a variety of substrate types and sizes.
Lot 7: Proteomics System.
DCU invites tenders submissions for the supply of the following:
Item 1:
Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #NB01 Instrument for counting cultured cells.
DCU requires a cell counter capable of counting live and dead cells in either tubes or plates, with a reading time of not more than 1min/sample and requiring a maximum sample volume of 1ml.
Item 2:
Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #NB02 Orbital shaker incubator.
DCU requires an orbital incubator/shaker for culturing mammalian cells in suspension within a temperature range of ambient to 50ºC; within a humidity range of ambient to 90 %; within a CO2 atmosphere of ambient to 10 % (v/v).
Item 3:
Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PD01 Spectrophotometer.
DCU requires a spectrophotometer that can determine the concentration of a compound or particles in a solution or suspension by measuring the intensity of light passing through a sample due to absorption or excitation.
Item 4:
Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PD02.
Item 4A: An instrument that is capable of measuring immunoglobulin or other protein concentration in liquid samples.
Item 4B: An instrument for measuring protein concentrations in both single- and multi-plex formats.
Item 4c: An instrument that is capable of performing both functions outlined in 4A and 4B.
Item 5:
Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PM01 Label-free LC-MS proteomic software. Label-free quantitative LC-MS software for the analysis of differential expression of proteins and peptides among experimental groups. The software will also allow for differentially expressed proteins to be identified and characterised.
Item 6:
Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PM02 Nano Liquid Chromatography System. A nano LC system for proteomic applications.
Item 7:
Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PM03a Triple Quadra-pole Mass Spectrometer. A triple quadra-pole mass spectrometer for MRM (Multiple Reaction Monitoring) analysis of proteins/peptides in biological fluids in order to quantify a protein/peptide of interest.
Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PM03b Software for MRM analysis.
Software to aid the building and optimization of targeted peptide quantitative assays for biomarker verification or other targeted quantitative proteomic applications.
Ref. PRTLI5-007 – #PM03c Nano liquid chromatography system.
A nano LC system for separating peptides for MRM analysis.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=334292.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-12-21. The procurement was published on 2011-11-08.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
- • Adolf Kuhner AG
- • Bruker Uk Limited
- • Fisher Scientific
- • Millipore Ireland B.V.
- • Omniscan Ltd
- • Particular Sciences Ltd
- • Stelar Srl
- • The Micron Optical Co. Ltd
- • Thermo Fisher Scientific
- • Clinical forensics equipment and supplies › Biological evidence collection kits
- • Biochemical analysers › Biomedical equipment
- • Checking and testing apparatus › Microscopes
- • Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services › Environmental services
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2011-11-08 | Contract notice |
| 2012-05-28 | Contract award notice |
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Quantity or scope:
“Supply of one or more lots as detailed.”
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Dublin City University (DCU)
Postal address: Glasnevin,
Postal code: 9
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏
E-mail: jack.conlan@dcu.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17005000 📞
Fax: +353 17005660 📠
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-11-08 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-12-21 📅
Publication date: 2011-11-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 216-352270
OJ-S issue: 216
Additional information
“Please refer to RFT document associated with this notice and available on www.etenders.gov.ie. (ET Ref:334292).”
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Lot 1: Fast-field-cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Relaxometer.”
“Ref. PRTLI5-001 DCU wishes to purchase a fast-field-cycling NMR Relaxometer for use in research programmes in nanotechnology and soft matter. The field...”
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“Lot 1(a) Supply and installation of a chiller system and associated equipment for Fast-field-cycling NMR Relaxometer.”
“Ref. PRTLI5-001A As part of the purchase of PRTLI5-001, a new chiller system, leak detection system and installation of insulation to a large external...”
“Lot 2: Maskless Lithography.”
“Ref. PRTLI5-002 As a central part of the microfabrication suite to be established in the Nano-Bio-Analytical Research Facility at Dublin City University...”
“Lot 3: Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) System.”
“Ref. PRTLI5-003 The TIRF system supplied will be required to visualise various cell structures in animal cell systems, patterned nanomaterials and...”
“Lot 4: Metal Deposition.”
“Ref. PRTLI5-004 DCU seeks a system to deposit metal layers on micro-fabricated substrates, e.g. silicon and glass wafers, SU-8 photoresist layers and...”
“Lot 5: Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) upgrade.”
“Ref. PRTLI5-005 DCU seeks an upgrade of hardware, controller and software to existing Veeco (now Bruker Nano) Dimension 3100 AFM and must be fully...”
“Lot 6: Langmuir-Blodgett.”
“Ref. PRTLI5-006 DCU seeks a Langmuir-Blodgett trough suitable for the deposition of close-packed monolayers of e.g. polystyrene nano-spheres (diameters 200...”
“Lot 7: Proteomics System.”
“DCU invites tenders submissions for the supply of the following:”
“Item 1:”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #NB01 Instrument for counting cultured cells.”
“DCU requires a cell counter capable of counting live and dead cells in either tubes or plates, with a reading time of not more than 1min/sample and...”
“Item 2:”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #NB02 Orbital shaker incubator.”
“DCU requires an orbital incubator/shaker for culturing mammalian cells in suspension within a temperature range of ambient to 50ºC; within a humidity range...”
“Item 3:”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PD01 Spectrophotometer.”
“DCU requires a spectrophotometer that can determine the concentration of a compound or particles in a solution or suspension by measuring the intensity of...”
“Item 4:”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PD02.”
“Item 4A: An instrument that is capable of measuring immunoglobulin or other protein concentration in liquid samples.”
“Item 4B: An instrument for measuring protein concentrations in both single- and multi-plex formats.”
“Item 4c: An instrument that is capable of performing both functions outlined in 4A and 4B.”
“Item 5:”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PM01 Label-free LC-MS proteomic software. Label-free quantitative LC-MS software for the analysis of differential expression of proteins...”
“Item 6:”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PM02 Nano Liquid Chromatography System. A nano LC system for proteomic applications.”
“Item 7:”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PM03a Triple Quadra-pole Mass Spectrometer. A triple quadra-pole mass spectrometer for MRM (Multiple Reaction Monitoring) analysis of...”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #PM03b Software for MRM analysis.”
“Software to aid the building and optimization of targeted peptide quantitative assays for biomarker verification or other targeted quantitative proteomic...”
“Ref. PRTLI5-007 – #PM03c Nano liquid chromatography system.”
“A nano LC system for separating peptides for MRM analysis.”
“NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at...”
Title of the lot: Supply and installation of a chiller system and associated equipment for Fast-field-cycling NMR Relaxometer.
Quantity or scope: 1 off
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Maskless Lithography
Quantity or scope: I off.
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) System
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Metal Deposition
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) upgrade
Lot number: 6
Title of the lot: Langmuir-Blodgett
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Lot 1: Fast-field-cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Relaxometer.
Lot number: 7
Title of the lot: Proteomics System
Short description:
“Item 1:Ref. PRTLI5-007 - #NB01 Instrument for counting cultured cells.DCU requires a cell counter capable of counting live and dead cells in either tubes or...”
Quantity or scope: Quantities.Items 1 to 3: One off.Item 4: One instrument or alternatively 2 separate instruments which meets both specified requirements.Item 5: One off.Item 6 and 7: One off or a combined offering to encompass both requirements.New or ex Demonstration Models.A tenderer may submit proposals for new or ex-demo models.
“Quantities.”
“Items 1 to 3: One off.”
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“Item 4: One instrument or alternatively 2 separate instruments which meets both specified requirements.”
“Item 5: One off.”
“Item 6 and 7: One off or a combined offering to encompass both requirements.”
“New or ex Demonstration Models.”
“A tenderer may submit proposals for new or ex-demo models.”
Duration: 3 months
Reference number: DCUG11113
Name of EU-financed project or programme:
“This work is funded under the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) Cycle 5 in Ireland. The PRTLI is co-funded through the European...”
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration...”
“(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has...”
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“(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating...”
“(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the...”
“(5) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to...”
“(6) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of...”
“(1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank.”
“(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the...”
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“(3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.”
“(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.”
“(2) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which...”
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“(3) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify...”
“(4) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.”
“(5) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the...”
“(6) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out;...”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Please refer to RFT document associated with this notice and available on www.etenders.gov.ie.”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“A consortium must form a legal entity before a contract can be awarded or the contract can be awarded to the legal entity comprising the lead member of the...”
Other particular conditions:
“Please refer to RFT document associated with this notice and available on www.etenders.gov.ie.”
Procedure
Tender validity period: 3 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Finance Office
Jack Conlan
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01513 🌏
Name: Dublin City University (DCU)
Postal address: Glasnevin
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 9
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
URL for further information: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏
Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: DCUG11113
Additional information
“Please refer to RFT document associated with this notice and available on www.etenders.gov.ie.”
“(ET Ref:334292).”
Complementary information
Recurrent procurement
“DCU PRTLIV Equipment Round 2 to follow in 2012.”
Source: OJS 2011/S 216-352270 (2011-11-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 110 975,45 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Glasnevin
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-05-28 📅
Publication date: 2012-06-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 103-171480
Refers to notice: 2011/S 216-352270
OJ-S issue: 103
Additional information
“Please note the following: Lot 1 A: no tender received. Lot 7 Item 8 PD03: no contract awarded. Lo4: withdrawn during tender period. Lot 7 Item 1 NB01:...”
Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Price (45)
2. Quality and technical merit (35)
3. Maintenance / warranty / training (15)
4. Delivery time (5)
Award of contract
1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-02-29 📅
Name: Particular Sciences Ltd
Postal address: 2 Birch House, Rosemount Business Park
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 11
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: gerry@particular.ie 📧
2️⃣
Name: Bruker Uk Limited
Postal address: Banner Lane
Postal town: Coventry
Postal code: CV4 9GH
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: drew.murray@bruker-nano.com 📧
Internet address: www.bruker.com/uk 🌏
3️⃣
Name: Adolf Kuhner AG
Postal address: Dinkelbergstr. 1
Postal town: Birsfelden
Postal code: CH-4127
Country: Switzerland 🇨🇭
E-mail: fwirth@kuhner.com 📧
4️⃣
Name: Omniscan Ltd
Postal address: Unit 2 The Mill Pool, Lambpit St, Penycae
Postal town: Wrexham
Postal code: LL14 2RB
E-mail: russell@omniscan.co.uk 📧
Internet address: www.omniscan.co.uk 🌏
5️⃣
Name: Millipore Ireland B.V.
Postal address: Tullagreen, Carrigtwohill
Postal town: Cork
E-mail: lawrence.rentoul@merckgroup.com 📧
Internet address: www.millipore.com 🌏
6️⃣
Name: The Micron Optical Co. Ltd
Postal address: Ballybeg - Screen, Enniscorthy
Postal town: Co. Wexford
E-mail: info@micronoptical.com 📧
Internet address: www.micronoptical.com 🌏
7️⃣
Name: Fisher Scientific
Postal address: Suite 3 Plaza 212, Blanchardstown Corporate Park 2, Ballycoolin Dublin
Postal code: 15
E-mail: mark.kennedy@thermofisher.com 📧
Internet address: www.ie.fishersci.com 🌏
8️⃣
Name: Stelar Srl
Postal address: Via Fermi 4
Postal town: Mede
Postal code: I-27035
Country: Italy 🇮🇹
E-mail: info@stelar.it 📧
9️⃣
Name: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Postal address: Stafford House, Boundary Way
Postal town: Hemel Hempstead
Postal code: hp2 7ge
E-mail: sarah.horsley@thermofisher.com 📧
Internet address: www.thermo.com 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
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Source: OJS 2012/S 103-171480 (2012-05-28)
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