Supply and Installation of Laboratory Information Management System

The LIMS will facilitate the booking of tests, receipt and labelling of samples, collection of results, tracking of samples through to disposal or storage and production of reports which are fed back to requesting clients and systems through automatic and manual methods.

United Kingdom-Guildford: Software package and information systems

2014/S 102-178378

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

School of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey
Contact point(s): https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsurrey/aspx/Home
For the attention of: Abigail James
GU2 7TE Guildford
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: a.james@surrey.ac.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.surrey.ac.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsurrey

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and 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)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Supply and Installation of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH.

NUTS code UKJ23

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The University of Surrey is an international university with a world class research profile and an enterprising spirit. Inventive and forward thinking, our heritage shows a recurring theme of doing things differently, and achieving notable results. We are expanding our activity under our One Health One Medicine agenda, and as such we opened a new School of Veterinary Medicine in 2013.
The Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) will be used by the School of Veterinary Medicine to support commercial, partnership, research and teaching activities.
The LIMS will facilitate the booking of tests, receipt and labelling of samples, collection of results, tracking of samples through to disposal or storage and production of reports which are fed back to requesting clients and systems through automatic and manual methods.
In addition the LIMS will store and allow analysis of information captured to support both teaching and research activities.
The purpose of this Notice is to invite expressions of interest from potential providers of the LIMS. It is anticipated that the Pre Qualification Questionairre (PQQ) will be issued during the week commencing 2.6.2014.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

48000000, 48100000, 48800000, 48810000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

To be advised in PQQ.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

To be advised in PQQ.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

To be advised in PQQ.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

To be advised in PQQ.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: To be advised in PQQ and any subsequent tender documentation.

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: To be advised in PQQ.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: To be advised in PQQ.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
To be advised in PQQ.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: To be advised in PQQ.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

329/AJ

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

27.6.2014

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

25.7.2014

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

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

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

23.5.2014