Scientific Services Capex Framework
Northumbrian Water Scientific Services wish to purchase some major analytical laboratory equipment over the next 5 years.
United Kingdom-Durham: Chromatographs
2015/S 051-089349
Contract notice – utilities
Supplies
Directive 2004/17/EC
Section I: Contracting entity
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Northumbrian Water Limited
Boldon House, Wheatlands Way, Pity Me
For the attention of: Philip Carvel
DH1 5FA Durham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8706084820
E-mail: philip.carvel@nwl.co.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting entity: www.nwl.co.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Main activity
I.3)Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Purchase
NUTS code UKC
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 4
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 5
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 683 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
38432200, 38432210, 38433210, 38433100
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 683 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1Lot title: Gas Chromatography
1)Short description:
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
38432210
3)Quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 380 000 and 570 000 GBP
Lot No: 2Lot title: Liquid Chromatography
1)Short description:
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
38432200
3)Quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 447 000 and 670 500 GBP
Lot No: 3Lot title: Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry
1)Short description:
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
38433210
3)Quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 125 000 and 187 500 EUR
Lot No: 4Lot title: Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
1)Short description:
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
38433100
3)Quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 170 000 and 255 000 EUR
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): no
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.5)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information:
Applicants are asked to note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically with all documents and communication being managed through the Northumbrian Water e-Sourcing Spend Management portal hosted by Ariba.
Expressions of interest must be sent to the e-mail address philip.carvel@nwl.co.uk before the deadline date of 25.3.2015 by 23:59. Each party submitting an expression of interest by providing all the information detailed below will be given access to the tender documents as soon as they are made available on the Ariba portal. All the requirements of the tender, including the deadline for submission, will be available via the Ariba portal.
When sending an expression of interest, applicants must provide the following information:
1) Full company name;
2) Which Lot(s) you wish to bid for (can be 1 or more of the 4 Lots);
3) Main contact details of the person who will be given access to the Ariba portal:
— Name;
— Job title;
— E-mail address;
— Telephone number.
All applicants, whether single applicants or part of a Joint Venture/ Consortium, must apply on an individual basis, with reference made to the proposed Joint Venture/ Consortium partners where this applies. Dates and estimated values shown in this Contract Notice are indicative only at this stage.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: