General Laboratory Equipment

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

General laboratory equipment, ranging from refrigerators and freezers to general shakers,vacuum pumps and autoclaves.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-08-26. The procurement was published on 2014-07-21.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-07-21 Contract notice
2014-07-25 Additional information
2015-07-24 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2014-07-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Laboratory centrifuges and accessories
Quantity or scope: 2 500 000
Total value of the procurement: 2 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Laboratory centrifuges and accessories ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Postal address: University of Limerick, Plassey, Co.Limerick
Postal town: Limerick
Contact
E-mail: randal.macdonnell@ul.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 61213488 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-07-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2014-08-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-07-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 140-251482
OJ-S issue: 140

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
General laboratory equipment, ranging from refrigerators and freezers to general shakers,vacuum pumps and autoclaves.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Refrigeration
Short description:
A range of low ULT freezers, upright and chest models, are required to provide very cold storage conditions for heat liable materials.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: autoclaves
Short description: Provide small volume, quick cycle time sterilisation of instruments and media.
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: centrifuge
Short description:
Bench top or floor standing models required to provide medium to large volume, controlled temperature centrifugation facilities.
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Oven ./ Incubators
Short description:
Convection and fan assisted electrically powered Co2 incubators. Some models required with orbital shaker platforms.
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Cleanair Cabinets
Short description:
Ducted and non-ducted are required to provide a safe working environment when working with potentially dangerous organisms.
Lot number: 6
Title of the lot: Electrophoresis
Short description:
Electro Blotting systems - allowing transfer of materials form electro phoretic gels to membranes. Both wet and dry blotting systems are required.
Lot number: 7
Title of the lot: Spectrometry
Short description: Microplate readers for use in research and teaching laboratories.
Lot number: 8
Title of the lot: Mixers and Shakers
Short description:
Range of electrically powered bench top shakers are required to provide agitation facilities for a range of applications in teaching and research laboratories.
Lot number: 9
Title of the lot: Measurement
Short description:
A range of electrically operated conductivity meters both bench top and portable to provide measurement conductivity in aqueous samples, from laboratory environmental and industrial sources.
Lot number: 10
Title of the lot: Pumps
Short description:
Electrical powered peristaltic pumps required to provide liquid pumping facilities for a range of applications.
Lot number: 11
Title of the lot: Weighing
Short description:
A range of electrically powered laboratory balances are required for a variety of weighing applications.
Lot number: 12
Title of the lot: Water Purification
Short description: Require system that produces ultra pure water directly from tap source.
Lot number: 13
Title of the lot: Micropipettes & Dispensers
Short description: Micropipettes & Dispensers.
Duration: 036 months
Reference number: EPS008
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Limerick.

Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 22
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 3
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Contact
Contact point: Philip Gurnett
E-mail: philip.gurnett@ul.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=78598&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=78598&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: EPS008

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2014/S 140-251482 (2014-07-21)
Additional information (2014-07-25)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-07-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-07-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 143-257023
Refers to notice: 2014/S 140-251482
OJ-S issue: 143
Source: OJS 2014/S 143-257023 (2014-07-25)
Contract award notice (2015-07-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 2 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Nature of contract: Supplies

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: University of Limerick, Plassey, Co. Limerick

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-07-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2015-07-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 144-265996
OJ-S issue: 144

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Ultimate Cost (30)
2. Technical Merit (30)
3. Customer and Technical Service / Support (15)
4. E-commerce Capability (15)
5. Reliability (10)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-05-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Public Sector Bodies
Postal address: EPS, UL Campus
Postal town: Limerick
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Four Courts, Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2015/S 144-265996 (2015-07-24)