UCDOPP555 – Invitation to Tender for the Supply, Installation and Commissioning of NIR-MIR Chemical Imaging System and Raman Microscopic Imaging System

University College Dublin (UCD)

The UCD School of Biosystems Engineering conducts cutting edge research on biological systems (e.g. food, biomaterials, water). Within the School, the Biowater research group is led by Dr. Aoife Gowen. The mission of her group is to investigate the interaction between biomaterials and water in order to understand the key processes of biodegradation, biocompatibility and biofouling. Dr. Gowen is a senior lecturer in Biosystems Engineering and her team have research expertise in hyperspectral imaging, chemometrics, water chemistry, biomaterials engineering and molecular dynamic simulations. The School has a requirement to purchase two pieces of equipment and this tender is divided into two Lots to reflect this.
Lot 1 — NIR-MIR Chemical Imaging System
Lot 2 — Raman Microscopic Imaging System
Suppliers are free to bid for either Lot 1 or Lot 2 or both Lots.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-05-09. The procurement was published on 2014-03-30.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-03-30 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-03-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Quantity or scope:
Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document attached to this notice at www.etenders.gov.ie.260 000
Total value of the procurement: 260 000 💰
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
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: University College Dublin (UCD)
Postal address: Procurement and Contracts Office, Roebuck Offices
Postal town: Belfield
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ucd.ie 🌏
E-mail: turlough.kieran@ucd.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17162268 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-03-30 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-05-09 📅
Publication date: 2014-04-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 065-110443
OJ-S issue: 65
Additional information
To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=75026&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The UCD School of Biosystems Engineering conducts cutting edge research on biological systems (e.g. food, biomaterials, water). Within the School, the Biowater research group is led by Dr. Aoife Gowen. The mission of her group is to investigate the interaction between biomaterials and water in order to understand the key processes of biodegradation, biocompatibility and biofouling. Dr. Gowen is a senior lecturer in Biosystems Engineering and her team have research expertise in hyperspectral imaging, chemometrics, water chemistry, biomaterials engineering and molecular dynamic simulations. The School has a requirement to purchase two pieces of equipment and this tender is divided into two Lots to reflect this.
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Lot 1 — NIR-MIR Chemical Imaging System
Lot 2 — Raman Microscopic Imaging System
Suppliers are free to bid for either Lot 1 or Lot 2 or both Lots.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Invitation to Tender for the Supply, Installation and Commissioning of NIR-MIR Chemical Imaging System
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Invitation to Tender for the Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Raman Microscopic Imaging System
Variants will be accepted
Quantity or scope:
Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document attached to this notice at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Duration: 3 months
Reference number: UCDOPP555
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: UCD, Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
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Economic and financial standing:
Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document attached to this notice at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Technical and professional ability:
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Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: None.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document attached to this notice at www.etenders.gov.ie.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Sole Trader, Partnership or Limited Company/ If there is a grouping, it should prior to contract award, be in such a legal form as to contract as a single entity.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2014-05-09 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Turlough Kieran

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: UCDOPP555

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Contact your solicitor.
Source: OJS 2014/S 065-110443 (2014-03-30)