LEE583C- RFT for the Supply & Installation of a Bioreactor for Teagasc

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

Tenders are sought for the Supply & Installation of a Bioreactor. A 2-5L bioreactor is required for culturing bacteria cells aerobically and anaerobically at temperatures between 2C and 70C. This will be used to investigate; [1] specific bacterial responses at both the phenotypic and molecular level to changes in environmental parameters (eg. temperature, pH, antibiotics/antimicrobials) and [2] anaerobic digestion. The bioreactor must have programmable / instrumental control of temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and stirring rate, controlled by a fully programmable/automated controller unit. Moreover, all components in contact with the bacterial cells must be autoclavable. It should also be capable of continuous, semi-continuous or batch operation.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-02-01. The procurement was published on 2018-12-21.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-12-21 Contract notice
2019-09-30 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-12-21)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: University of Limerick, Plassey
Postal town: Limerick
Postal code: Co. Limerick
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Gerry Kennedy
Phone: +353 61213506 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: gerry.kennedy@ul.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.educationprocurementservice.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=140104&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=140104&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: LEE583C- RFT for the Supply & Installation of a Bioreactor for Teagasc
Products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œTenders are sought for the Supply & Installation of a Bioreactor. A 2-5L bioreactor is required for culturing bacteria cells aerobically and anaerobically...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Medical equipments ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Biochemical analysers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Biomedical equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: david.mangan@ul.ie
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTenders are sought for the Supply & Installation of a Bioreactor. A 2-5L bioreactor is required for culturing bacteria cells aerobically and anaerobically...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical Specification Requirements โ€“ Mandatory
Quality criterion (weighting): 40 %
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit B: โ€“ Desirable
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Quality criterion (name): Warranty, After Sales Service
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40 %
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Additional information: All information relating to tenders is published on www.etenders.gov.ie only

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
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Economic and financial standing
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Technical and professional ability
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Conditions for participation
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Conditions related to the contract
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Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-02-01 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-02-01 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Additional information
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Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2018/S 248-572630 (2018-12-21)
Contract award notice (2019-09-30)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: University of Limerick, Plassey, Co. Limerick

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: LEE583C- RFT for the Supply and Installation of a Bioreactor for Teagasc
Short description:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply and installation of a bioreactor. A 2-5L bioreactor is required for culturing bacteria cells aerobically and anaerobically...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 71 632 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Main site or place of performance: gerry.kennedy@ul.ie
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply and installation of a bioreactor. A 2-5L bioreactor is required for culturing bacteria cells aerobically and anaerobically...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical specification requirements โ€“ mandatory
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit B: โ€“ desirable
Quality criterion (name): Warranty, after sales service
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Description
Additional information: All information relating to tenders is published on www.etenders.gov.ie only.

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 248-572630

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: LEE583C โ€” RFT for the Supply and Installation of a Bioreactor for Teagasc
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-08-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Infors UK
National registration number: 477 107 437
Postal address: The Courtyard Business Centre
Postal town: Reigate
Postal code: Lonesome Lane
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Phone: +44 1737223100 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: n.musgrove@infors-ht.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +44 1737247213 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.infors-ht.co.uk ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 71 632 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Additional information
See published documents for details.
Source: OJS 2019/S 189-459491 (2019-09-30)