Tender for Maintenance and Servicing of Laboratory Equipment
The NWUPC wishes to establish a multi-provider Framework Agreement for the Maintenance and Servicing of High Value Laboratory Equipment.
United Kingdom-Manchester: Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
2015/S 096-174229
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
NWUPC Ltd
Albert House, 17 Bloom Street
For the attention of: Jane Edwards
M1 3HZ Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1612348005
E-mail: jane.edwards@manchester.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1612340989
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.nwupc.ac.uk
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
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
UK Universities and organisations with a .ac.uk URL
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: UK Universities and organisations with a .ac.uk URL.
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 000 000 and 24 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Framework Agreement put in place will be open to all universities and institutions in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including any new and successor institutions with the URL .ac.uk. The Details of the current known Institutions in the UK are available at:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ and http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/membersMany of the Institutions are members of one of the UK’s higher education purchasing consortia:
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC)
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW)
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC)
http://www.lupc.ac.uk/list-of-members.html
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC)
http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC)
http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
http://supc.ac.uk/engage/our-members/our-members
The Framework Agreement will also be available for use by all current, and any new and successor members of the above consortia including non-university members.
The term Institution is used within this document to refer to all eligible universities, research councils, consortia members and other Institutions with an .ac.uk URL.
The Framework Agreement may be used by institutions accessing funding streams, including but not limited to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Horizon 2020.
The estimated spend for the new Agreement for Maintenance and Servicing of High Value Laboratory Equipment ranges at between 500 000 and 6 000 000 GBP per annum. Amounting to between 2 000 000 and 24 000 000 GBP over the four years of the Framework Agreement.
To express an interest and to apply for the tender please visit: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nwupc/
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
50400000, 50000000, 50430000, 50411000, 50421200, 50410000, 50421000, 33100000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
The estimated spend for the new Agreement for Maintenance and Servicing of High Value Laboratory Equipment ranges at between 500 000 and 6 000 000 GBP per annum. Amounting to between 2 000 000 and 24 000 000 GBP over the four years of the Framework Agreement.
It should however be noted this is a Framework Agreement and there is no guaranteed level of expenditure through this Agreement. NWUPC cannot mandate this Framework Agreement.
Statement of Requirement
This tender is for the provision for Maintenance and Servicing for a range of High Value Laboratory Equipment.
The Framework Agreement put in place will be open to all universities and institutions in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including any new and successor institutions with the URL .ac.uk. The Details of the current known Institutions in the UK are available at:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ and http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/membersMany of the Institutions are members of one of the UK’s higher education purchasing consortia:
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC)
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW)
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC)
http://www.lupc.ac.uk/list-of-members.html
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC)
http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC)
http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
http://supc.ac.uk/engage/our-members/our-members
The Framework Agreement will also be available for use by all current, and any new and successor members of the above consortia including non-university members.
The term Institution is used to refer to all eligible universities, research councils, consortia members and other Institutions with an .ac.uk URL.
The Framework Agreement may be used by institutions accessing funding streams, including but not limited to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Horizon 2020.
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
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
Description of particular conditions: See documents.
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
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See documents.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
See documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See documents.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below
1. Quality. Weighting 70
2. Pricing. Weighting 30
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Prior information notice
Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 135-242702 of 17.7.2014
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
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Place:
NWUPC Offices
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: 2 Members of the NWUPC contracting team.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): The Framework Agreement may be used by institutions accessing funding streams, including but not limited to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Horizon 2020.
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: