Performance Maintenance and Technical Support contract

Marine Institute

The Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for Marine Research, Technology Development and Innovation. The Biotoxin Chemistry Unit (BCT) is part of the Shellfish Safety Section of Marine Environment & Food Safety Services. The core responsibility of the unit, as National Reference Laboratory, is to deliver on the chemical analysis of shellfish for marine toxins as part of the National Biotoxin Monitoring Programme.
The Marine Institute invites tenders to this request for tenders (โ€œRFTโ€) from economic operators for the provision of services.
In summary, the Services comprise:
A Service Contract for the provision of technical support and performance maintenance for three mass spectrometry instruments for 4 years with the option of extension for a further 1 year by agreement .
The instruments to be covered are
โ€ข Waters Xevo QToF G2-s System with Acquity UPLC I Class
โ€ข Waters Xevo TQ with Acquity UPLC Core System.
โ€ข Waters Xevo TQ xs with ACQUITY UPLC I-Class Core

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-12-20. The procurement was published on 2021-11-19.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-11-19 Contract notice
2022-04-04 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-11-19)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Marine Institute
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Rinville
Postal town: Galway
Postal code: Oranmore
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Tender Admin
Phone: +353 091387200 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tenders@marine.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 091387201 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.marine.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1141 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=202449&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=202449&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Performance Maintenance and Technical Support contract ITT21-064
Products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for Marine Research, Technology Development and Innovation. The Biotoxin Chemistry Unit (BCT) is...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 525 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Marine equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Repair and maintenance services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Installation services of marine engines ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marine survey services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marine research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marine conservation strategy planning ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marine services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Aquatic marine services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marine-base support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for Marine Research, Technology Development and Innovation. The Biotoxin Chemistry Unit (BCT) is...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 525 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Additional information: See attached Invitation to Tender

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: See attached Invitation to Tender
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: See attached Invitation to Tender
Conditions for participation
See attached Invitation to Tender
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria: See attached Invitation to Tender
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability): See attached Invitation to Tender
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: See attached Invitation to Tender

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-12-20 10:00 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: 48
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-12-20 10:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): Marine Institute

Complementary information
Additional information
See attached Invitation to Tender
Review body
Name: Marine Institute
Postal address: Rinville
Postal town: Oranmore
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 91387200 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tenders@marine.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: www.marine.ie ๐ŸŒ
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: As per EU Procurement Directive
Source: OJS 2021/S 228-600493 (2021-11-19)
Contract award notice (2022-04-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 500 111 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Experience and technical capacity
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Proposed project plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Proposed service management
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 228-600493
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Performance Maintenance and Technical Support contract
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-04-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Waters Chromatography
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: J5 Plaza-3rd Floor, North Business Park, North Road, Dublin 11
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 0863881365 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: clare_o'donnell@waters.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.waters.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 111 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2022/S 070-185785 (2022-04-04)