United Kingdom-Durham: Instruments for checking physical characteristics

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Title	United Kingdom-Durham: Instruments for checking physical characteristics
OJEU (High Value)	460197-2020
Type	Periodic information notice (PIN) with call for competition
Date Published	2020-09-30
Deadline	2020-10-19 10:00:00
Nature Of Contract	Supply contract
Awarding Authority
Procedure	Negotiated procedure

Description :

PERIODIC INDICATIVE NOTICE PER_CALL_COMPETITION Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses: Official name: Northumbrian Water Ltd National registration number: National registration number: 02366703 Postal address: Boldon House, Wheatlands Way, Pity Me Town: Durham Postal code: DH1 5FA Country: UK Contact person: Lewis Timmins Telephone: +44 7802676701 E-mail: lewis.timmins@nwl.co.uk NUTS code: UKC Main address: www.nwl.co.uk Communication I.3) Procurement documents (URL):www.ariba.com Additional Information I.3.4) Additional information can be obtained from: I.3.8) to the above mentioned address Section II: Object of Contract Title: Scientifc Services Capex Framework Reference number: NW2142 II.1.4) Short description Northumbrian Water Ltd wish to purchase some major items of analytical laboratory equipment over the next 5 years. The incumbent supplier is Thermo Fisher Scientific. They were awarded a framework contract in October 2015. Using information from the AMP7 capex replacement programme, prices would be sought up front, and a strategic partner or partners would be awarded a 5-year framework. The equipment required is split into five lots as follows: 1) Liquid Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography; 2) colorimetry (including discreet and continuous flow); 3) physical chemistry (pH, conductivity, alkalinity and fluoride); 4) ion chromatography; 5) gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and thermal desorption). II.01) Estimated value excluding VAT: GBP 2100000.00 Information about lots II.1.6) This contract is divided into lots: yes Description: Item/Lot 1 Title: Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography II.2.1) Lot No: 1 NUTS code: UKC II.1.4) Short description Northumbrian Water Ltd wish to purchase some major items of analytical laboratory equipment over the next 5 years. The incumbent supplier is thermo fisher scientific. They were awarded a framework contract in October 2015. Prior to the award of this framework, Northumbrian Water Scientific Services procured specialist analytical items individually. This was generally done by running a mini-competition between known suppliers for each capital purchase. Servicing was then negotiated and agreed for the instrument being purchased. Using information from the AMP7 capex replacement programme, prices would be sought up front, and a strategic partner or partners would be awarded a 5-year framework. The equipment required is split into five lots as follows: 1) Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography; 2) Colorimetry (Including Discreet and Continuous Flow); 3) Physical Chemistry (pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity and Fluoride); 4) Ion Chromatography; 5) Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and Thermal Desorption). II.2.5) Award criteria: Value excluding VAT: GBP 2100000.00 II.2.6) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system II.2.7) Start: 2021-01-01 II.2.7) End: 2025-12-31 II.2.11) Options II.2.11.2) Description of options The period of any contract(s) resulting from this procurement will be 36 months from the contract start date. The length of the contract may be extended by negotiation with the supplier for a further 24 months. Prices as submitted in the Proposal shall be fixed for a minimum of 5 years from the commencement of the contract. The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no Description: Item/Lot 2 Title: Colorimetry (Including Discreet and Continuous Flow) II.2.1) Lot No: 2 NUTS code: UKC II.1.4) Short description Northumbrian Water Ltd wish to purchase some major items of analytical laboratory equipment over the next 5 years. The incumbent supplier is thermo fisher scientific. They were awarded a framework contract in October 2015. Prior to the award of this framework, Northumbrian Water Scientific Services procured specialist analytical items individually. This was generally done by running a mini-competition between known suppliers for each capital purchase. Servicing was then negotiated and agreed for the instrument being purchased. Using information from the AMP7 capex replacement programme, prices would be sought up front, and a strategic partner or partners would be awarded a 5-year framework. The equipment required is split into five lots as follows: 1) Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography; 2) Colorimetry (Including Discreet and Continuous Dlow); 3) Physical Chemistry (pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity and Fluoride); 4) Ion Chromatography; 5) Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and Thermal Desorption). II.2.5) Award criteria: II.2.6) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system II.2.7) Start: 2021-01-01 II.2.7) End: 2025-12-31 II.2.11) Options II.2.11.2) Description of options The period of any contract(s) resulting from this procurement will be 36 months from the contract start date. The length of the contract may be extended by negotiation with the supplier for a further 24 months. Prices as submitted in the proposal shall be fixed for a minimum of 5 years from the commencement of the contract. The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no Description: Item/Lot 3 Title: Physical Chemistry (pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity and Fluoride) II.2.1) Lot No: 3 NUTS code: UKC II.1.4) Short description Northumbrian Water Ltd wish to purchase some major items of analytical laboratory equipment over the next 5 years. The incumbent supplier is thermo fisher scientific. They were awarded a framework contract in October 2015. Prior to the award of this framework, Northumbrian Water Scientific Services procured specialist analytical items individually. This was generally done by running a mini-competition between known suppliers for each capital purchase. Servicing was then negotiated and agreed for the instrument being purchased. Using information from the AMP7 capex replacement programme, prices would be sought up front, and a strategic partner or partners would be awarded a 5-year framework. The equipment required is split into five lots as follows: 1) Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography; 2) Colorimetry (Including Discreet and Continuous Flow); 3) Physical Chemistry (pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity and Fluoride); 4) Ion Chromatography; 5) Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and Thermal Desorption). II.2.5) Award criteria: II.2.6) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system II.2.7) Start: 2021-01-01 II.2.7) End: 2025-12-31 II.2.11) Options II.2.11.2) Description of options The period of any contract(s) resulting from this procurement will be 36 months from the contract start date. The length of the contract may be extended by negotiation with the supplier for a further 24 months. Prices as submitted in the proposal shall be fixed for a minimum of 5 years from the commencement of the contract. The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no Description: Item/Lot 4 Title: Ion Chromatography II.2.1) Lot No: 4 NUTS code: UKC II.1.4) Short description Northumbrian Water Ltd wish to purchase some major items of analytical laboratory equipment over the next 5 years. The incumbent supplier is thermo fisher scientific. They were awarded a framework contract in October 2015. Prior to the award of this framework, Northumbrian Water Scientific Services procured specialist analytical items individually. This was generally done by running a mini-competition between known suppliers for each capital purchase. Servicing was then negotiated and agreed for the instrument being purchased. Using information from the AMP7 capex replacement programme, prices would be sought up front, and a strategic partner or partners would be awarded a 5-year framework. The equipment required is split into five lots as follows: 1) Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography; 2) Colorimetry (Including Discreet and Continuous Flow); 3) Physical Chemistry (pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity and Fluoride); 4) Ion Chromatography; 5) Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and Thermal Desorption). II.2.5) Award criteria: II.2.6) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system II.2.7) Start: 2021-01-01 II.2.7) End: 2025-12-31 II.2.11) Options II.2.11.2) Description of options The period of any contract(s) resulting from this procurement will be 36 months from the contract start date. The length of the contract may be extended by negotiation with the supplier for a further 24 months. Prices as submitted in the Proposal shall be fixed for a minimum of 5 years from the commencement of the contract. The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no Description: Item/Lot 5 Title: Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and Thermal Desorption) II.2.1) Lot No: 5 NUTS code: UKC II.1.4) Short description Northumbrian Water Ltd wish to purchase some major items of analytical laboratory equipment over the next 5 years. The incumbent supplier is thermo fisher scientific. They were awarded a framework contract in October 2015. Prior to the award of this framework, Northumbrian Water Scientific Services procured specialist analytical items individually. This was generally done by running a mini-competition between known suppliers for each capital purchase. Servicing was then negotiated and agreed for the instrument being purchased. Using information from the AMP7 capex replacement programme, prices would be sought up front, and a strategic partner or partners would be awarded a five year framework. The equipment required is split into five lots as follows: 1) Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography; 2) Colorimetry (Including Discreet and Continuous Flow); 3) Physical Chemistry (pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity and Fluoride); 4) Ion Chromatography; 5) Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and Thermal Desorption). II.2.5) Award criteria: II.2.6) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system II.2.7) Start: 2021-01-01 II.2.7) End: 2025-12-31 II.2.11) Options II.2.11.2) Description of options The period of any contract(s) resulting from this procurement will be 36 months from the contract start date. The length of the contract may be extended by negotiation with the supplier for a further 24 months. Prices as submitted in the Proposal shall be fixed for a minimum of 5 years from the commencement of the contract. The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1.1) List and brief description of conditions Suppliers who have experience and ability to deliver one, more or all of the following lots: The equipment required is split into five lots as follows: 1) Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography 2) Colorimetry (Including Discreet and Continuous Flow); 3) Physical Chemistry (pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity and Fluoride); 4) Ion Chromatography; 5) Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and Thermal Desorption). III.1.2) Economic and financial standing III.1.2.2) Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents III.1.3) Technical and professional ability III.1.3.1.2) Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents III.01.04.1) List and brief description of rules and criteria: Suppliers who have experience and ability to deliver one, more or all of the following lots: 1) Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LCMS); Liquid Chromatography 2) Colorimetry (Including Discreet and Continuous Flow); 3) Physical Chemistry (pH, Conductivity, Alkalinity and Fluoride); 4) Ion Chromatography; 5) Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC, GCFID, GCMS and Thermal Desorption). III.2.2) Contract performance conditions This will be set out in the tender documents available from lewis.timmins@nwl.co.uk Section IV: Procedure IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive Negotiation IV.1.3) The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement IV.1.3) Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement 5 IV.2.1) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate IV.2.2) Date 2020-10-19 IV.2.2) Local time 10:00 Section V: Complementary information VI.2.1) Electonic ordering will be used VI.2.2) Electronic invoicing will be accepted VI.2.3) Electronic payment will be used Additional Information: Applicants are asked to note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically with all documents and communication being managed through the Northumbrian Water e-Sourcing Spend Management portal called ‘Ariba’. Expressions of interest must be sent to the e-mail address lewis.timmnins@nwl.co.uk before the deadline date of 19 October 2020. Once expression of interest has been received containing the details below, applicants will be given access to the Ariba portal within 48 hours from request (where possible). This portal will contain all the tender documents associated with this procurement that are available at the time. An email link will also be provided to the email address you provide to access the portal. The deadline for return of the completed RFP is 6 November 2020 at 12.00. When sending expression of interest, applicants must provide the following information: 1) full company name; 2) main contact details of the person who will be given access to the Ariba portal — Name, job title, email address and telephone number. Review body: Official name: TBC Town: TBC Country: UK Section VI Date of dispatch of this notice : 2020-09-25

CPV Codes

38400000; 38432200; 38432210; 38433000; 38433100; 38434000; Instruments for checking physical characteristics; Chromatographs; Gas chromatographs; Spectrometers; Mass spectrometer; Analysers;