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Operis OJEU Newsletter Service This service is free and is available to anyone who registers on our OJEU subscription page or calls us to register. The information in this newsletter is drawn from the Official Journal of the European Union. IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION The information contained in this message is confidential and intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination or copying of the information contained in the message is prohibited. While Operis Group plc has used its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information contained in this message is accurate, up to date and complete, it accepts no liability to the addressee or to any other person for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions contained in the message. While Operis has taken reasonable steps to ensure that this message (and any attachments or hyperlinks contained within it) are virus free it is the responsibility of the addressee to ensure they are virus free and Operis accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage caused by receipt or use thereof. PROJECT TITLE: UK-Liverpool: cytometers Project number: 2008/S 48-066213 Type: CONTRACT NOTICE - Supplies SECTION
I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME,
ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): University
of Liverpool, Procurement Department, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Attn: Mr D. C. Johnson, Senior Procurement
Manager, UK-Liverpool L69 7ZX. Tel.
015 17 94 21 58. E-mail: d.c.johnson@liverpool.ac.uk. Fax 015 17 94
21 68. Internet
address(es): General
address of the contracting authority: http://www.liv.ac.uk/. Address
of the buyer profile: http://www.liv.ac.uk/procurement/. Further
information can be obtained at: URL: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/liverpooluni/. Specifications
and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a
dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: URL:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/liverpooluni/. Tenders
or requests to participate must be sent to: URL:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/liverpooluni/. I.2) TYPE OF
THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES: Education.
SECTION
II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT II.1) DESCRIPTION II.1.1) Title
attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: UK-Liverpool:
the supply of a flow cytometer. II.1.2) Type of
contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Supplies.
Main
site or location of works: NUTS
code: UKD52 . II.1.3) The
notice involves: II.1.4) Information
on framework agreement: II.1.5) Short
description of the contract or purchase(s): As a
centre of excellence, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, through the
creation of effective links with governments, organisations and institutions
and by responding to the health needs of communities, aims to promote
improved health, particularly for people of the less developed countries in
the tropics and sub-tropics by: 1).
providing and promoting high quality education and training; 2).
conducting first-class research and disseminating the result of that
research; 3).
developing systems and technologies for health care and assisting in their
transfer and management; 4).
providing appropriate consultancy services; in fulfilling this mission the School
also provides a clinical service of acknowledged excellence. In order
to pursue first-class research, the LSTM wishes to replace the existing flow cytometry and cell sorting facilities to meet current
needs and immediate plans. Cytometers. II.1.6) Common
procurement vocabulary (CPV): 33253451. II.1.7) Contract
covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No. II.1.8) Division
into lots: II.1.9) Variants
will be accepted: II.2) QUANTITY
OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT II.2.1) Total
quantity or scope: II.2.2) Options: 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: III.1.2)
Main
financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the
relevant provisions regulating 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 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: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by
the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he
has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising
from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) is
the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for
compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement
with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and
regulations; (c) has
been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res
judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of
the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has
been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the
contracting authorities can demonstrate; (e) has
not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security
contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which
he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (f) has
not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with
the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those
of the country of the contracting authority; (g) is
guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required
under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has
been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal
organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption,
as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of
Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) has
been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of
the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the
European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering,
as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on
prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money
laundering. III.2.2)
Economic
and financial capacity: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a)
appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) the
presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where
publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in
which the economic operator is established; (c) a
statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of
turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three
financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was
set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on
these turnovers is available. III.2.3)
Technical
capacity: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) a list
of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by
certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These
certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall
specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and
properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit
these certificates to the contracting authority direct; (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main
services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and
recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and
services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting
authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the
competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the
purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the
economic operator; (c) an
indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not
belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those
responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts,
those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work; (d) a
description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or
service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and
research facilities; (e)
where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally,
are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting
authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in
which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body's
agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical
capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and
research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will
operate; (f) the
educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or
contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in
particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the
services or managing the work; (g) for
public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate
cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the
economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract; (h) a
statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or
contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last three years; (i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment
available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the
contract; (j) an
indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider
intends possibly to subcontract; (k) with
regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples,
descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified
if the contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by
official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence
attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to
specifications or standards. 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: III.3.2)
Legal
entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the
staff responsible for the execution of the service: 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: IV.2) AWARD
CRITERIA IV.2.1) Award
criteria: The most
economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below: NO.
Performance and Technical merit, including product quality, safety and
ability to meet current and future requirements of researchers. Weighting: 50
%. NO.
Competitiveness of the proposal, based on whole-life costs, including costs
of reagents, upgrade pathways and future proofing. Weighting: 10 %. NO.
Delivery, installation and commissioning including implementation approach
and plans and ability to deliver within the required timescale. Weighting: 10
%. NO.
Post-sales, technical and software support including help-desk and service
cover, response times, upgrade etc. Weighting: 10 %. NO.
Training provision, including ability to meet future training requirements
and provide training in first-line maintenance. Service partnership.
Weighting: 10 %. NO.
Compliance with the conditions of contract. Weighting: 5 %. NO.
Company standing and experience in the field, including references showing
evidence of previous successful implementation of similar projects.
Weighting: 5 %. IV.2.2) An
electronic auction will be used: IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION IV.3.1) File
reference number attributed by the contracting authority: IV.3.2) Previous
publication(s) concerning the same contract: 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: 17.4.2008
- 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: IV.3.8) Conditions
for opening tenders: SECTION
VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION VI.1) THIS IS
A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: VI.2) CONTRACT
RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS: VI.3) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION: GO
reference: GO 08030621/01. VI.4) PROCEDURES
FOR APPEAL VI.4.1) Body
responsible for appeal procedures: Body
responsible for mediation procedures: DRS-ClArb, on behalf of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators, 12, 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: 6.3.2008. |
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