LA1950C - TUS Midlands Midwest - Supply, Delivery & Installation of a Scanning Electron Microscope with integrated Microtome along with Energy Dispersive X-ray analyser (EDX)
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
The Material Research Institute (MRI) at TUS – Athlone, require the supply and installation of a Scanning Electron Microscope with integrated Microtome along with Energy Dispersive X-ray analyser (EDX) to allow us to update our current SEM/EDX capability to perform Serial Block Face SEM/EDX analysis (SBFSEM) and make accurate visual and chemical identification of materials and alloys thereof in a wide range of polymeric samples plus other bio-organic, organic and inorganic systems.
The system must consist of a Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Detection with the modular capability of performing Volume SBFSEM imaging and analysis (typically using an ultra-microtome to remove thin slices from the sample before each imaging and analysis step is performed).
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-10-17. The procurement was published on 2022-09-13.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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- • Nuclear evaluation instruments › X-ray microanalysers
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2022-09-13 | Contract notice |
| 2023-02-09 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2022-09-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Reference number: LA1950C
Short description:
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Additional CPV: Analysers 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Postal address: University of Limerick
Postal code: Co.Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Contact
Internet address: http://www.educationprocurementservice.ie 🌏
E-mail: mark.haines@ul.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61234662 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223353&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223353&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-10-17 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 179-504156
OJ-S issue: 179
Additional information
All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Estimated total value: 208 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 208 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 12 months
Description of renewals:
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please see RFT document for further details.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 14:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2022-10-17 📅
Tender opening time: 14:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Contact
Contact point: Mark Haines
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223353&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
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 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2022/S 179-504156 (2022-09-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Reference number: LA1950C
Short description:
The Material Research Institute (MRI) at TUS – Athlone, require the supply and installation of a Scanning Electron Microscope with integrated Microtome along with Energy Dispersive X-ray analyser (EDX) to allow us to update our current SEM/EDX capability to perform Serial Block Face SEM/EDX analysis (SBFSEM) and make accurate visual and chemical identification of materials and alloys thereof in a wide range of polymeric samples plus other bio-organic, organic and inorganic systems.
The system must consist of a Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Detection with the modular capability of performing Volume SBFSEM imaging and analysis (typically using an ultra-microtome to remove thin slices from the sample before each imaging and analysis step is performed).
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Additional CPV: Analysers 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Postal address: University of Limerick
Postal code: Co.Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Contact
Internet address: http://www.educationprocurementservice.ie 🌏
E-mail: mark.haines@ul.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61234662 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223353&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223353&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-10-17 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 179-504156
OJ-S issue: 179
Additional information
All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Material Research Institute (MRI) at TUS – Athlone, require the supply and installation of a Scanning Electron Microscope with integrated Microtome along with Energy Dispersive X-ray analyser (EDX) to allow us to update our current SEM/EDX capability to perform Serial Block Face SEM/EDX analysis (SBFSEM) and make accurate visual and chemical identification of materials and alloys thereof in a wide range of polymeric samples plus other bio-organic, organic and inorganic systems.
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The system must consist of a Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Detection with the modular capability of performing Volume SBFSEM imaging and analysis (typically using an ultra-microtome to remove thin slices from the sample before each imaging and analysis step is performed).
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 208 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 12 months
Description of renewals:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to [1 Year] with a maximum of (3) such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law.
Additional information: All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please see RFT document for further details.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 14:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2022-10-17 📅
Tender opening time: 14:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Contact
Contact point: Mark Haines
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223353&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
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 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2022/S 179-504156 (2022-09-13)
Contract award notice (2023-02-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 208 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-09 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 032-094714
Refers to notice: 2022/S 179-504156
OJ-S issue: 32
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality/Technical Merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 40%
Quality criterion (name): After Sales Service, Technical Support & Training
Quality criterion (weighting): 15%
Quality criterion (name): Method
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Quality criterion (name): Environmental & Sustainability
Quality criterion (weighting): 5%
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30%
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-02-09 📅
Name: TESCAN-UK Ltd.
National registration number: 177010526
Postal address: Unit 2, Wellbrook Court Girton
Postal town: Cambridge
Postal code: CB3 0NA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: info-uk@tescan.com 📧
Internet address: http://tescan.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 208 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2023/S 032-094714 (2023-02-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 208 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-09 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 032-094714
Refers to notice: 2022/S 179-504156
OJ-S issue: 32
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality/Technical Merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 40%
Quality criterion (name): After Sales Service, Technical Support & Training
Quality criterion (weighting): 15%
Quality criterion (name): Method
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Quality criterion (name): Environmental & Sustainability
Quality criterion (weighting): 5%
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30%
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-02-09 📅
Name: TESCAN-UK Ltd.
National registration number: 177010526
Postal address: Unit 2, Wellbrook Court Girton
Postal town: Cambridge
Postal code: CB3 0NA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: info-uk@tescan.com 📧
Internet address: http://tescan.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 208 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2023/S 032-094714 (2023-02-09)
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