Tender reference 454

OJEU Ref: 2008/S 239-317918 - Open procedure

This procurement is to support research and development activities of the Pharmaceutical Technologies Research Group at De Montfort University, Leicester.

The Research Group has key research foci in the characterization of pharmaceutical materials and drug delivery systems, the biopharmaceutical evaluation of drug therapies and the industrial process control of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.

The Group now requires the use of facilities to demonstrate technology for the use of the terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum in applications including but not restricted to the pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare sectors. The equipment may also be used for in-house, pharmaceutical research purposes.

This tender(s) is for the provision of a modular, turn-key terahertz instrumentation facility, capable of both spectroscopic measurements within a purged sample compartment or via ATR (attenuated total reflection), and flat-bed reflection imaging of materials using an XY sample stage. Full data acquisition, control and data analysis software and PC must also be provided to provide turn-key functionality. The contract(s) requires the successful applicant or applicants to supply and install fully operating terahertz instrumentation, and maintain and service the machinery for a period of 36 months from installation.

The University requires the equipment to be installed, commissioned and operational before Tuesday, 31 March 2009.

The award criteria for this procurement will be conformance to the specification: capability to supply, install and maintain the equipment and the estimated whole-life cost of the equipment.

The weighting for each criteria Range is:
Conformance to the specification  40%
Ease of transposition between modes of operation 10%
Delivery period 20%
After sales service and support 20%
Whole life cost of the equipment 10%

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: Tender Reference 454, Director of Finance, Finance Department, The Gateway, UK-Leicester LE1 9BH. URL: http://www.tenders.ac.uk.

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 8 January .2009 - 12:00.

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 15 January 2009 - 12:00.
 
Note:
The University will be closed for business from 13:00 Wednesday 24 December until 09:00 Monday 5 January.2009.   Tender documentation is available for download at http://www.tenders.ac.uk.

 For all technical enquiries please contact either:
   Dr Geoff Smith, Pharmaceutical Technologies Research Group  
   Telephone:  + 44 (0)116 2506298
   Email:  gsmith02@dmu.ac.uk

 For all other enquiries please contact:
   Procurement Services, Finance Department  
   Telephone:  + 44 (0)116 2506338
   Fax:  + 44 (0) 116 2506069
   Email:  purchasing@dmu.ac.uk
Please refer to tender reference number 454 in your enquiry.     

De Montfort University has a legal duty to comply with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Accordingly, information in relation to this contract and any prior related tender may be made available on demand in accordance with the legislation. You should state if any of the information supplied by you as part of the contract is either confidential or commercially sensitive, or should not be disclosed to third parties in response to a request for information under the Act. The reason for such sensitivity must be specified. In such cases, the relevant material will be examined in the light of the exemptions provided in the Freedom of information Act or Environmental Information Regulations, although the University cannot guarantee that an exemption will apply.

Notice publication date:  5 December 2008