Contract

To Supply and Deliver a Interferometer.

  • Wrexham University

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-005638

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-043bbe

Published 21 February 2024, 10:46am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Wrexham University

Plas Coch, Mold Road

Wrexham

LL11 2AW

Contact

Arwel Staples

Email

a.staples@wrexham.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1978293188

Fax

+44 1978293188

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.wrexham.ac.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0288

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other type

University

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

To Supply and Deliver a Interferometer.

Reference number

AS/GD/18/08/2023

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

This project is a key project to be delivered as part of the North Wales Growth Deal (now Ambition North Wales).The Growth Deal is a partnership between the public sector and the private sector, supported by funding from UK Government and Welsh Government.

The Growth Deal builds on the Growth Vision for North Wales, adopted in 2016: “a confident, cohesive region with sustainable economic growth, capitalising on the success of high value economic sectors and our connection to the economies of the Northern Powerhouse & Ireland.”

The summary of the scope of the supply of goods contract will be as follows:

Hi-Res 4 MP Compact Portable Stabilized HeNe Laser Interferometer

Advanced interferometer software for result analysis

Training for up to 3 persons

12 month warranty

Delivery and Installation before 31st March 2024

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: £241,500

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL13 - Conwy and Denbighshire
Main site or place of performance

St Asaph, Denbighshire.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This project, the Enterprise Engineering and Optics Centre (EEOC), is a key project to be delivered as part of the North Wales Growth Deal (now Ambition North Wales). The aim of the North Wales Growth Deal is to build a more vibrant, sustainable, and resilient economy in North Wales, building on our strengths to boost productivity while tackling long-term challenges and economic barriers to delivering inclusive growth. It involves a new purpose-built engineering building of approximately 2,187M2 to be constructed at the Wrexham Plas Coch campus of the University.

The Growth Deal is a partnership between the public sector and the private sector, supported by funding from UK Government and Welsh Government. The UK Government and Welsh Government are investing GBP240million into the North Wales Growth Deal over the next 15 years. The Growth Deal is seeking to deliver a total investment of up to 1.1bn GBP in the North Wales economy (240m GBPfrom the Growth Deal), to create 3,400 – 4,200 net additional jobs and generate 2.0- 2.4 billion GBP in net additional GVA.

This procurement project covers item a 4D Technology PhaseCam 6010, which is a newer version of our PhaseCam 6000, but fully compatible with existing optical accessories, mounting features and geometry.

This is a dynamic Twyman-Green Interferometer for metrology of precision optical surfaces and systems in a production environment (i.e., in the presence of environmental noise- vibration/air turbulence etc.).

We propose to purchase a 4D Technology PhaseCam 6010, which is a newer version of our PhaseCam 6000, but fully compatible with existing optical accessories, mounting features and geometry.

This is a dynamic Twyman-Green Interferometer for metrology of precision optical surfaces and systems in a production environment (i.e., in the presence of environmental noise- vibration/air turbulence etc.).

Specification

This requirement includes all necessary fore-optics, ancillary hardware and attachments (e.g. cables and adapters, desktop PC, operating software) that enable the instrument to fulfil the technical requirements listed herein. The following requirements are specified:

Deployable Twyman-Green interferometer

Vibration insensitive dynamic

Stabilised HeNe source laser @ 632.8

High res 4MP, 12-bit camera

Performance - <0.001 wv RMS repeatability, <0.002 wv RMS precision

Compatible with diverger lenses from F/1 to F/32

Minimum exposure 30﮹µsec

Must conform to ISO/MIL texture standards

Capable of automated (i.e. robotic) deployment

Operating Software, cables and PC

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Overall Quality / Weighting: 50%

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 15%

Quality criterion - Name: Delivery Timescales (Sub-Weighting) / Weighting: 20%

Quality criterion - Name: Maintenance & Support (Sub-Weighting) / Weighting: 5%

Quality criterion - Name: Training Provision (Sub Weighting) / Weighting: 5%

Quality criterion - Name: Technical Adherence (Sub Weighting) / Weighting: 50%

Quality criterion - Name: Risk Management (Sub-Weighting) / Weighting: 5%

Quality criterion - Name: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (Sub Weighting) / Weighting: 5%

Quality criterion - Name: Added Value Services (Sub Weighting) / Weighting: 5%

Quality criterion - Name: Fair Work Practices (Sub Weighting) / Weighting: 5%

Price - Weighting: 35%

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

  • Additional deliveries by the original supplier

Explanation:

As per Regulation 32 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the use of a negotiated procedure without prior publication), the University justification for a single tender approval is based on

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

AS/GD/17/08/2023

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

25 January 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd

1 Mole Business Park,

Leatherhead

KT22 7BA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
The contractor is an SME

Yes

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £242,500

Total value of the contract/lot: £241,500


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(WA Ref:139235)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079477501

Country

United Kingdom