Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Chancellors Court,Edgbaston
BIRMINGHAM
B152TT
Contact
Susanna Ting
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG - West Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx
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
Contract for the Supply of Ambient Metals Monitoring System to the University of Birmingham
Reference number
SC9214/21
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
Air Quality Supersite Triplets (UK-AQST) is a NERC funded national facility, and has
been funded by NERC capital fund to provide access to two mobile air quality
laboratories for UK atmospheric science community. The new air quality
laboratories will be paired with one of the existing supersites in Birmingham, London
or Manchester, to provide a first-ever monitoring of detailed air pollution
composition at three different types of sites, e.g., roadside, urban, and rural
(upwind) locations. As part of the newly funded UK-AQST, we wish to acquire one
online XRF ambient multi- metal monitoring system and one Fidas, exactly the same
as in the existing NERC-funded air quality supersite, for each mobile laboratory.
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: £201,255
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
To provide the comparable results with data from existing air quality supersites in
Birmingham, London or Manchester, the Air Quality Supersite Triplets wish to
procure
- Ambient Metals Monitoring System
- XRF check standards
- PM10 inlet
- PM2.5 inlet
- Roof-pass through kit
- Inlet Swapping system
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.14) Additional information
The University has applied a 10 calendar days standstill period from publication of this notice.
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 services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
AECOM is the only company that offers both instruments that provide an online
observation of a range of metals in PM2.5 and PM10 as well as total mass
concentration of PM2.5 and PM10. The online XRF instrument must provide the
measurement of 67 metals simultaneously including Pb, As, and Cd. The
instruments must be validated by US EPA Environmental Technology Verification
programme, an automated source characterisation software for easy assessment of
data collected on system, automatically crate graphical displays, option to connect
remotely to the system, proven ability to sample while in a moving vehicle, ability to
automatically alternate between sampling PM10 and PM2.5. To the best of our
knowledge, Xact is the only instrument that can meet this requirement
The Air Quality Supersite Triplets, funded by NERC, aims to provide consistent
observations of aerosol and gas compositions at a roadside, urban background and
rural sites simultaneously. The newly funded two air quality supersites will be paired
with the existing urban background site, either at Birmingham, London or
Manchester for observations. Each of the existing supersites has exactly the same
Xact and Fidas that we seek to procure. This will ensure that we are able to provide a
consistent observation of aerosol compositions at all three sites so that we can
better understand their sources and processes.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-012435
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23 June 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ACOEM UK Limited
Tewkesbury Business Park
Tewkesbury
GL20 8GD
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK - South West (England)
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: £201,255
Total value of the contract/lot: £201,255
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT
Country
United Kingdom