SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, Contact: Simon Chohan, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel.
+44 1234754727. E-mail: s.chohan@cranfield.ac.uk. Fax
+44 1234754656.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk.
Address of the buyer profile:
https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/cranfielduni/.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
I.2)
TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Education.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
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II.1.1)
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer.
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II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Wolfson Field Laboratory, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL.
NUTS code:
UKH2
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II.1.3)
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 stable isotope mass spectrometer is required for a field laboratory for measuring whole soil carbon balances and gas emissions. The primary requirement is to measure the fluxes and isotope composition of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen and nitrous oxide gases emitted into automatically-controlled chambers covering soil monoliths in a field system.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
38400000,
38433100,
38433000.
II.1.7)
Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8)
Division into lots:
No.
II.1.9)
Variants will be accepted:
Yes.
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope:
One (1) lot.
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:
A performance bond or parent company guarantee may be required.
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
Payment schedule and other terms shall be notified.
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Joint and several liability.
III.1.4)
Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
No.
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 requirements are met: The whole tender process will be conducted electronically and suppliers will need to register their interest online at
https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/cranfielduni/.
All documents will be issued online, and will need to be returned online.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: 1. A statement of the bidder's overall turnover and the turnover related to similar activities covered by this contract, for three previous financial years.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
III.2.4)
Reserved contracts:
No.
III.3)
CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
III.3.2)
Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1)
TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)
Type of procedure:
Open.
IV.1.2)
Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
IV.1.3)
Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no.
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)
An electronic auction will be used:
No.
IV.3)
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1)
File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
SC/SAS/IRMS/Feb10.
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No.
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 16.4.2010 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
23.4.2010 - 12:00.
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
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:
Duration in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders:
Date: 23.4.2010 - 13:00.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)
THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
No.
VI.2)
CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU 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:
26.2.2010.