High Specification Climate Chambers 2016/0003.
Contract notice
Supplies
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Rothamsted Research Ltd
West Common
Contact point(s): Procurement Department
For the attention of: Mark Adams
AL5 2JQ Harpenden
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1582763133
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.rothamsted.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.rothamsted.ac.uk
Electronic access to information: www.rothamsted.ac.uk/procurement
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.rothamsted.ac.uk/procurement
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Other: Company Limited by Guarantee
I.3)Main activity
Other: scientific / agricultural research
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
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:
High Specification Climate Chambers 2016/0003.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Purchase
NUTS code UKH23
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Rothamsted Research (RRES) requires four High Specification Plant Growth Chambers each with a growing area of at least 1.45 square metres, with accurate and reproducible controlled environments for studies of arable and horticultural crops. These cabinets are required for research on plant stress and hence require good environmental control at the extremes of temperature, light and humidity.
For the proposed research, accurate control of light intensity ( 0 to 1,000 mol(PAR)), far red/red ratio, day length, temperature (-10 to 45°C), relative humidity (40 to 85 %), carbon dioxide level (0 to 2,000 ppm) and airflow is needed.
For the proposed research, accurate control of light intensity ( 0 to 1,000 mol(PAR)), far red/red ratio, day length, temperature (-10 to 45°C), relative humidity (40 to 85 %), carbon dioxide level (0 to 2,000 ppm) and airflow is needed.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
44211200, 33152000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Starting 1.1.2016. Completion 31.3.2017
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
See Tender documents.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
See Tender documents.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
See Tender documents.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: See Tender documents.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
See Tender documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See Tender documents.
See Tender documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See Tender documents.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no
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
Envisaged number of operators: 1
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no
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)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
2016/0003
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: 23.11.2016 - 12:00
Payable documents: no
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
23.11.2016 - 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
in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 24.11.2016 - 12:00
Place:
Harpenden
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: noSection VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Rothamsted Research Ltd
West Common
AL5 2JQ Harpenden
United Kingdom
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1582763133
Internet address: www.rothamsted.ac.uk
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:
18.10.2016