Supply and Installation of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope System for NUI Galway

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

Tenders are sought by CMI, NUI Galway for the supply and installation of a laser scanning confocal microscope to be used in imaging applications across a broad range of NUIG’s thematic research programmes. The confocal unit should be attached to a high quality, inverted, research microscope and be capable of high resolution detection and imaging of a broad range of samples, typically encountered by the centre.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-05-21. The procurement was published on 2018-04-20.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-04-20 Contract notice
2018-09-18 Contract award notice
Contract award notice (2018-09-18)
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 🇮🇪
Contact person: Marissa Staunton
Phone: +353 61234238 📞
E-mail: marissa.staunton@ul.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Supply and Installation of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope System for NUI Galway LEE427C”
Products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Short description:
“Tenders are sought by CMI, NUI Galway for the supply and installation of a laser scanning confocal microscope to be used in imaging applications across a...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 343 268 💰

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Additional products/services: Medical laser other than for surgery 📦
Additional products/services: Electron microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Scanning electron microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Transmission electron microscope 📦
Additional products/services: Molecular microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Darkfield and scanning probe microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Scanning probe microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Fluorescent and polarising microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Polarising microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Fluorescent microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Acoustic microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Wide field, stereo or dissecting light microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Wide field microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Illuminators for microscopes 📦
Additional products/services: Microscope objectives 📦
Additional products/services: Automated microscope stages 📦
Additional products/services: Scanners 📦
Additional products/services: Pressure scanners 📦
Additional products/services: Chromatographic scanners 📦
Additional products/services: Lasers 📦
Additional products/services: Industrial lasers 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Tenders are sought by CMI, NUI Galway for the supply and installation of a laser scanning confocal microscope to be used in imaging applications across a...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality / technical merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 550
Quality criterion (name): After sales service, technical support and warranty
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Method
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Price (weighting): 300
Description
Additional information:
“The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from...”    Show more

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 079-176047

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Supply and Installation of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope System for NUI Galway”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-08-16 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mason Technology
National registration number: 8S56538J
Postal address: 228 South Circular Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14534422 📞
E-mail: cobroin@masontec.ie 📧
Fax: +353 14154492 📠
Region: Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.masontechnology.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 343 268 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Ie
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2018/S 182-411784 (2018-09-18)