DCU respirometer analysis of human tissue

Dublin City University (DCU)

DCU wished to invite tenders for the supply for a respirometer for the quantification of oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial function in human tissue. The respirometer should have sufficient resolution and specificity to allow for measurement in small quantities of human tissue or isolated mitochondria from this tissue. Additional measures of mitochondrial membrane integrity and ATP production would be preferrable.
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Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-04-17. The procurement was published on 2012-03-07.

Who?

• Dublin City University (DCU)

What?

• Biochemical analysers › Biomedical equipment

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-03-07	Contract notice
2012-05-21	Additional information

Contract notice (2012-03-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: biomedical equipment
Quantity or scope: 1 off respirometer.
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: Biomedical equipment 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all 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 town: Dublin 9
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dcu.ie 🌏
E-mail: jack.conlan@dcu.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17005000 📞
Fax: +353 17005660 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-03-07 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-04-17 📅
Publication date: 2012-03-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 48-078886
OJ-S issue: 48
Additional information

Please refer to RFT document associated with this document available on etenders.gov.ie. (ET Ref:394052).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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Duration: 3 months
Reference number: DCUG12102
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin Ireland.

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 order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent;

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process;

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;

(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 course of their business or profession;

(5) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

Economic and financial standing:

(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 turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice;

(3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

Technical and professional ability:

(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 the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided;

(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 the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures;

(4) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Please refer to RFT document associated with this document available on 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 consortium.

Other particular conditions:

Please refer to RFT document associated with this document available on 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)
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: DCUG12102
Additional information

Please refer to RFT document associated with this document available on etenders.gov.ie.

(ET Ref:394052).

Source: OJS 2012/S 048-078886 (2012-03-07)

Additional information (2012-05-21)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-05-21 📅
Publication date: 2012-05-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 101-166784
Refers to notice: 2012/S 48-078886
OJ-S issue: 101
Source: OJS 2012/S 101-166784 (2012-05-21)

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