Tender for Electron Microscopes
PURCH0698. Provision of maintenance of FEI electron microscopes & FIB/SEM instrument.
UK-Glasgow: electron microscopes
2012/S 64-104422
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
University of Glasgow
Purchasing Office, Level 4, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue
For the attention of: Claire McCallum. Quoting Ref: PURCH0698. Please make contact through Public Contracts site
G12 8QQ Glasgow
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1413303216
E-mail: Claire.McCallum@glasgow.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1413303717
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http:\\www.gla.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00108
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: Tender documents available from Public Contracts Scotland http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Documents to be returned via Public Contracts Scotland http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
Section II: Object of the contract
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: University of Glasgow.
NUTS code UKM34
University of Glasgow aim to purchase a range of maintenance contracts and breakdown cover for our FEI electron microscopes located across 3 schools within the University.
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 web site 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.
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.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland web site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=224943.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a ‘Tender Submission Postbox’ facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=224943.
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. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
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Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Description of particular conditions: Previous experience of service provision of maintenance of FEI electron microscopes and FIC/SEM instruments. Evidence would include a) reference and contact site details from one other HE institution where work has been recently performed.
Section IV: Procedure
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below
1. Technical assistance. Weighting 50
2. Response time. Weighting 10
3. Customer support. Weighting 10
4. Price. Weighting 30
Section VI: Complementary information
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, which came into force on 1 January 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 web site.
Information may also be requested under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
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VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:28.3.2012