NUI Galway โ€” RFT for the Supply of Two Analytical Flow Cytometers

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

Tenders are sought for the supply, delivery and installation of two (2) analytical flow cytometers for NUI Galway. This tender is for new/second hand/ex demo/refurbished benchtop analytical flow cytometers. The two cytometers can be new; pre-used (being immediately available due to industry facility decommissioning, equipment trade-ins, from receivers or liquidators, from a supplier winding up) or is an ex demonstration model. If the cytometer(s) is not new the date of manufacture must be โ‰ค 7 years, preferably โ‰ค 5 years old. Details of any refurbishments and a full service history must be provided.
One system will be based in the Flow Cytometry Core facility in Biomedical Sciences in NUI Galway. The second system will be based in the Lambe Institute for Translation Research in NUI Galway. Tenderers must tender for both cytometers. Only submissions which tender for the two cytometers will be considered.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-07-30. The procurement was published on 2020-06-29.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-06-29 Contract notice
2021-01-04 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-06-29)
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: Colette Gallagher
Phone: +353 61234969 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: colette.gallagher@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
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=169497&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=169497&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: NUI Galway โ€” RFT for the Supply of Two Analytical Flow Cytometers LEE885C
Products/services: Cytometers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply, delivery and installation of two (2) analytical flow cytometers for NUI Galway. This tender is for new/second hand/ex...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply, delivery and installation of two (2) analytical flow cytometers for NUI Galway. This tender is for new/second hand/ex...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 250 000 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:
โ€œThe contracting authority reserves the right to extend the term for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of one (1) such...โ€    Show more
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options: See RFT document for details.
Description
Additional information: All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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: 2020-07-30 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-07-30 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2020/S 126-307910 (2020-06-29)
Contract award notice (2021-01-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply, delivery and installation of two (2) analytical flow cytometers for NUI Galway. This tender is for new/second hand/ex...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTenders are sought for the supply, delivery and installation of two (2) analytical flow cytometers for NUI Galway. This tender is for new/second hand/ex...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality/technical
Quality criterion (weighting): 40 %
Quality criterion (name): Warranty, after sales and support
Quality criterion (weighting): 20 %
Quality criterion (name): Method statement
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Price (weighting): 30 %
Description
Additional information: All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie.

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 126-307910

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: NUI Galway โ€” RFT for the Supply of Two Analytical Flow Cytometers
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Cytometric Engineering Ltd
National registration number: GB 183 7103 12
Postal address: Unit 8 Greenham Park
Postal town: Ely
Postal code: CB6 2HF
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
E-mail: ianharvey@flowcel.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.flowcel.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2021/S 005-004794 (2021-01-04)