Contract

Purchase of Liquid Chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectometry instrument package

  • University of Bristol

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-000134

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0394f7

Published 4 January 2023, 10:40am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

University of Bristol

4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane

Bristol

BS1 5DS

Contact

Deborah Dooley

Email

deborah.dooley@bristol.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 01179289000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.bristol.ac.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Purchase of Liquid Chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectometry instrument package

Reference number

Lab-2209-019-PC_2452

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Purchase of Liquid Chromatography Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Instrument Package

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £208,060.16

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

School of Chemistry

Cantocks Close

Bristol

BS8 1TS

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

A LC-QQQ MS instrument package is required for the National Environmental Isotope Facility Bristol Laboratory (NEIF-B) based in the School of Chemistry, University of Bristol. It will be dedicated to performing normal and reverse phase chromatographic analysis of a wide range of targets. The successful bid shall provide a package that shall enable robust and cost-effective routine, high-volume throughput of samples with minimal maintenance and built-in redundancy thereby enabling near continuous operation. The instruments shall also be used by the Organic Geochemistry Unit (OGU; https://www.bristol.ac.uk/chemistry/research/ogu/), whose labs in which they will be housed, and more widely by other academic researchers under the auspices of the Bristol Biogeochemistry Research Centre (BBRC; http://www.bristol.ac.uk/bbrc/) and Cabot Institute (http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/).

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30%

Cost criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 70%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

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


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

Mini Competition from APUC Framework for The Supply of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment LAB 1029 AP

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

Lab-2209-019-PC_2452

Title

Purchase of a Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer Triple Quad for the School of Chemistry

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

16 December 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Stafford House, Boundary Way

Hemel Hempstead

HP2 7GE

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
National registration number

441506

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £208,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £208,060.16


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The University of Bristol

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom