Digital Slide Scanner Tender

Contract Agreement For Digital Slide Scanner plus Data Management and Image Analysis Software System.

United Kingdom-Glasgow: Scanners

2018/S 171-388194

Contract notice

Supplies

Legal Basis:

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

University of Glasgow
Procurement Office, (Tay House)
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
United Kingdom
Contact person: Gillian Ray, Quoting Ref: PURCH1625
Telephone: +44 1413306908
E-mail: Gillian.Ray@glasgow.ac.uk
Fax: +44 000000000
NUTS code: UKM82

Internet address(es):Main address: http://www.gla.ac.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00108

I.2)Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5)Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Contract Agreement For Digital Slide Scanner plus Data Management and Image Analysis Software System

Reference number: PURCH1625

II.1.2)Main CPV code

38520000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4)Short description:

PURCH1625 Provision of a Contract Agreement For Digital Slide Scanner plus Data Management and Image Analysis Software System.

Tender documents available from Public Contracts Scotland.

Tender returns should be submitted via Public Contracts Scotland, no paper copies will be accepted. Should paper tenders be submitted, they will be rejected. Further to this any questions or communications regarding individual tender exercises must be sent via the Public Contracts Scotland Portal. Tender queries received through any other channel will not be answered. Should users of Public Contracts Scotland have any problems with the web site they should contact website Support Desk, contact details can be found by following the ‘Contact Us’ option on the left hand menu at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/default.aspx

II.1.5)Estimated total value

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Image Analysis System

Lot No: 2

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

33100000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKM82

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Lot 2 — Image Analysis System

Alongside the digital image generation and data management we also require an image analysis system that can provide us with high level data and high throughput image analysis for expression data of cellular and protein components in both tissue microarrays and full sections. The system should be able to analyse both brightfield (including in situ hybridisation) and fluorescently labelled slides.

The system we acquire should be a web-based system with the capability to view images and data to be viewed and shared by users across multiple remote sites via a server.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 12/11/2018

End: 31/01/2019

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Digital Slide Scanning System

Lot No: 1

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

33100000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKM

Main site or place of performance:

Glasgow.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Lot 1 – Digital Slide Scanning System.

The University of Glasgow requires a digital slide scanning system that can scan both brightfield (H&E, immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridisation) and fluorescently labelled glass slides and convert them to high quality digital images. The system must also be able to scan and digitise tissue microarray slides.

In addition we require a data management system to work alongside the digital slide scanner and support scanned and digitised images from all/majority of commercial scanner vendors.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 12/11/2018

End: 31/01/2019

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

Refer to tender documents

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Minimum level(s) of standards required:

— Product liability insurance with a limit of indemnity of not less than ten million pounds sterling (10 000 000 GBP) in relation to any one claim or series of claims,

— Public liability insurance with a limit of indemnity of not less than five million pounds sterling (5 000 000 GBP) in relation to any one claim or series of claims,

— Employer’s liability insurance with a limit of indemnity of not less than five million pounds sterling (5 000 000 GBP),

— Professional indemnity insurance with a limit of indemnity of not less than one million pounds sterling (1 000 000 GBP) in relation to any one claim or series of claims,

— Financial Turnover 4 years.

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

IV.2)Administrative information

IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 04/10/2018

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 04/10/2018

Local time: 12:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

VI.3)Additional information:

Submissions can be created and submitted up to the stated tender deadline. Once the deadline has passed submissions can neither be created nor submitted. It is not advisable for Suppliers to wait until the last moment before creating and dispatching a response in case of any last minute problems. Please note large files should be uploaded as early as possible to ensure transfer before deadline. If a Supplier is having problems uploading to the PCS site, then the University must be informed well in advance and depending upon the merit of the case, the University may arrange for the tender to remain open on the PCS system for a short period after the deadline time stated. System problems do not fall under the University’s remit and should be referred to PCS.

Postbox Security: Postbox submissions cannot be accessed by anyone, including Millstream, (the provider of the Public Contracts Scotland system) until the deadline.

Suppliers should note that when asked to complete a tender document, the document must be submitted in the file type in which it was issued (Word, Excel etc.). Files of any alternative type may only be used where documents are for attachment, rather than completion.

Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, which came into force on 1.1.2005, designates University of Glasgow as a Scottish public authority and therefore subject to the provisions and obligations in that Act. This means that any person who makes a valid request for information held by University of Glasgow will be entitled to receive it, unless all or part of that information can be withheld by virtue of the exemptions in that Act.

As part of our responsibility under the Act, University of Glasgow may be required to disclose any information held relating to your response to anyone who makes a request under that Act. Such information may only be withheld if it meets one or more of the exemptions or conditions in that Act. Even if an exemption is available University of Glasgow may nevertheless disclose requested information. Information held cannot simply be classified as “confidential” or “commercial in confidence” to enable it to be protected from disclosure.

University of Glasgow may publish the names and contact details of companies who have been issued with a Questionnaire on its website.

Information may also be requested under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=555949.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

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VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

University of Glasgow
Procurement Office, (Tay House)
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1413304113
Fax: +44 000000000Internet address: http://www.gla.ac.uk/

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

03/09/2018