UCD โ€” Supply, Delivery and Installation of a Confocal Microscope

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

Tenders are sought for the supply delivery, installation of a confocal Microscope. The system will be sited in a multi-user facility and is needed for imaging a variety of live and fixed sample types, including, but not limited to, cultured animal, animal, fungal and bacterial cells, as well as small model organisms. Users who will be accessing the system come from a wide background of research areas covering the life, medical and physical sciences.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-06-10. The procurement was published on 2019-05-10.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-05-10 Contract notice
2019-09-02 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-05-10)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: University of Limerick, Co. Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Eimear Brennan
Phone: +353 61234901 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: eimear.brennan@ul.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Dublin 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=146930&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=146930&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: UCD โ€” Supply, Delivery and Installation of a Confocal Microscope LEE645C
Products/services: Microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply delivery, installation of a confocal Microscope. The system will be sited in a multi-user facility and is needed for...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 320 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Electron microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Scanning electron microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Transmission electron microscope ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Ion and molecular microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Ion microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Molecular microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Inverted and metallurgical microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Inverted microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Metallurgical microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Darkfield and scanning probe microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Darkfield microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Scanning probe microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Fluorescent and polarising microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Polarising microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Fluorescent microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Monocular and/or binocular light compound microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Acoustic and projection microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Acoustic microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Projection microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Wide field, stereo or dissecting light microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Wide field microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous compounds for microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Illuminators for microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Optical microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply delivery, installation of a confocal Microscope. The system will be sited in a multi-user facility and is needed for...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 320 000 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
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Option of extension for 12 months for up to 2 such occassions.
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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Conditions for participation
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Technical and professional ability
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Conditions for participation
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Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-06-10 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-06-10 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2019/S 093-224183 (2019-05-10)
Contract award notice (2019-09-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply delivery, installation of a confocal microscope. The system will be sited in a multi-user facility and is needed for...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 326 867 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality/technical
Quality criterion (weighting): 55 %
Quality criterion (name): After sales service, technical support and warranty
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Quality criterion (name): Method
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Price (weighting): 30 %

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 093-224183

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: UCD โ€” Supply, Delivery and Installation of a Confocal Microscope
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-08-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mason Technology
National registration number: 8S56538J
Postal address: 228 South Circular Road
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14534422 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: cobroin@masontec.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 14154492 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.masontechnology.ie ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 326 867 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2019/S 170-415156 (2019-09-02)