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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-Oxford:
microscopes Project number: 2008/S 126-167781 Type: CONTRACT NOTICE - Supplies SECTION
I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME,
ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Internet
address(es): General
address of the contracting authority: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/finance/purch_payment/purchasing/. Address
of the buyer profile: http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/. Further
information can be obtained at: Attn: Not by post but from our E-Tenders
Website at www.in-tendhost.co.uk/oxford, Specifications
and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a
dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: Attn: Not by post but from our
E-Tenders Website at www.in-tendhost.co.uk/oxford.
URL: www.in-tendhost.co.uk/oxford. Tenders
or requests to participate must be sent to: Attn: Not by post but rather via
our E-Tenders Website at www.in-tendhost.co.uk/oxford.
URL: www.in-tendhost.co.uk/oxford. I.2) TYPE OF
THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES: Other:
Civil Corporation and Exempt Charity. Education.
The
contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no. SECTION
II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT II.1) DESCRIPTION II.1.1) Title
attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Atomic
Force Microscope. II.1.2) Type of
contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main
place of delivery: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department
of Chemistry, NUTS
code: UKJ14 . 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 II.1.6) Common
procurement vocabulary (CPV): 33261000,
33261110. 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: Prices
are to be quoted in sterling, excluding VAT, but including delivery to site,
installation, commissioning and acceptance testing together with any manuals
detailing the operation and description of the equipment, all import duties
and other taxes. 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: Access
to tender documentation is free but there may be a non-refundable
administration fee of 100 GBP plus 17,5 % VAT
(117,50 GBP) is payable for any tender submitted. The fee may be paid by
credit/debit card or cheque but must be received before the tender submission
deadline. Further details can be found in our tender dossier. 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: Yes. This is
an electronic tender (e-tender) process using hosted software. Tenderers must express interest/register on the 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: Any
supplier may be disqualified who: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose
affairs are being administered by the court, who has entered into an
arrangement with creditors or who 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 for an arrangement with
creditors or is the subject of any other similar proceedings under national
laws or regulations; (c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his
professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata; (d) has been
guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the
contracting authorities can justify; (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 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 those of the country of the contracting
authority; (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the
information required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria
for qualitative selection; (h) fails to complete and electronically return of
the Supplier Information Questionnaire or pre-qualification questionnaire as
appropriate together with the return of supporting documentation before the
submission deadline for tenders as per IV.3.3 below; (i)
fails to pay the non-refundable administration fee of 100 GBP plus 17,5 % VAT
(117,50 GBP) before the tender submission deadline. Certificate of enrolment
on the professional or trade register under the conditions laid down by the
laws of the Member State in which he is established, for instance on the
Register of Companies in the United Kingdom and Ireland or declaration on
oath or solemn declaration; (addressed in the Supplier Information
Questionnaire or pre-qualification questionnaire). III.2.2)
Economic
and financial capacity: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a)
appropriate statements from bankers; (b) the submission of the firm's balance
sheets or extracts there from, where publication of a balance sheet is
required under company law in the country in which the supplier is
established; (c) a statement of the firm's overall turnover and its turnover
in respect of the goods to which the contract relates for the previous 3
financial years; (addressed in the Supplier Information Questionnaire or
pre-qualification questionnaire). III.2.3)
Technical
capacity: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) a list
of the principal similar deliveries effected in the past 3 years, with the
sums, dates and recipients, public or private, involved: in the case of
public contracting authorities, evidence to be in the form of certificates
issued or countersigned by the competent authority; in the case of private
purchasers, delivery to be certified by the purchaser or, failing this,
simply declared by the supplier to have been effected; (b) a description of
the firm's technical facilities, its measures for ensuring quality and its study
and research facilities; (c) indication of the technicians or technical
bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the supplier's firm,
especially those responsible for quality control; (d) samples, description
and/or photographs of the products to be supplied, the authenticity of which
must be certified if the contracting authority so requests; (e) certificates
drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognized
competence attesting conformity to certain specifications or standards of
products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards; (f)
where the goods to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required
for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authority or on
its behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier
is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production
capacities of the supplier and, if necessary, on his study and research
facilities and quality control measures; (addressed in the Supplier
Information Questionnaire or pre-qualification questionnaire). 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 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: UPD
06/08/04. 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:
14.7.2008 - 17:00. Payable
documents: no. IV.3.4) Time-limit
for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 17.7.2008
- 10:00. 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:
17.7.2008 - 10:15. Place:
University Purchasing Department, Persons
authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes. Members
of the University Purchasing Department. 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: This is
a non-mandatory notice. Since time is limited we will be opening tender bids
as soon as they arrive rather than lock then and wait until 10:15 on
17.7.2008. The earlier a bid can be submitted the better!.
VI.4) PROCEDURES
FOR APPEAL VI.4.1) Body
responsible for appeal procedures: VI.4.2) Lodging
of appeals: Precise
information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 10 days of our award
announcement to all participating bidders. VI.4.3) Service
from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained: VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 27.6.2008. |
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