Tender for a Biological Atomic Force Microscopy
The purchase will include instrumentation to hybrid with the Zeiss 510 confocal capacity currently on site.
United Kingdom-Swansea: Microscopes
2020/S 229-565617
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: Procurement — VC’s Office, Swansea University, Singleton Park
Town: Swansea
NUTS code: UKL18 Swansea
Postal code: SA2 8PP
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: Sue Davies
E-mail: procurement@swansea.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1792295890
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.swansea.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0345
I.2)Information about joint procurement
I.3)Communication
Town: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html
NUTS code: UKL18 Swansea
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: Sue Davies
E-mail: procurement@swansea.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Tender for a Biological Atomic Force Microscopy (bioAFM)
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The purchase will include instrumentation to hybrid with the Zeiss 510 confocal capacity currently on site and will include provision to image and force characterise the interactions between target compounds and their intended drug delivery moieties/target cells, using all available AFM data channels (specifically height and mechanical z scale information).
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.3)Place of performance
Swansea University Medical School.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Cluster for Epigenomics and Antibody drug conjugate (ADC) Therapeutics (CEAT) is a GBP 2.6 million project, led by the Reproductive Biology and Gynaecological Oncology (RBGO) group at Swansea University Medical School and is aimed at developing new therapeutics for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
The purchase will include instrumentation to hybrid with the Zeiss 510 confocal capacity currently on site and will include provision to image and force characterise the interactions between target compounds and their intended drug delivery moieties/target cells, using all available AFM data channels (specifically height and mechanical z scale information).
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
CEAT project.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Swansea University Procurement.
Category manager.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
Note: the authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=105880
(WA Ref:105880)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4.1)Review body
Postal address: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
Town: London
Postal code: WC2A 2LL
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: