UK Shared Business Services: UK SBS PR20001 FREIA INSTRUMENT NEUTRON GUIDE

UK-SWINDON: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       UK Research and Innovation
       Polaris House North Star Avenue, SWINDON, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1793867000, Email: majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk
       Contact: Major Projects
       Main Address: https://www.ukri.org/
       NUTS Code: UKJ14

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Other activity: Scientific Research

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: UK SBS PR20001 FREIA INSTRUMENT NEUTRON GUIDE            
      Reference number: UK SBS PR20001

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES

      II.1.4) Short description: ***This tender requirement was abandoned prior to a Contract award decision***
This requirement is concerned with the design, manufacture, testing, delivery of the neutron guide and alignment devices, and its installation within the FREIA Instrument at European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden full details of which are contained in the UK SBS PR20001 Specification document (and any other associated documentation).

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
         
            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      SE - SVERIGE
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      SVERIGE
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: ***This tender requirement was abandoned prior to a Contract award decision***
This requirement is concerned with the design, manufacture, testing, delivery of the neutron guide and alignment devices, and its installation within the FREIA Instrument at European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden full details of which are contained in the UK SBS PR20001 Specification document (and any other associated documentation).

The FREIA instrument is a neutron reflectometer optimised for soft condensed matter and life sciences that is currently being developed by UKRI as an in-kind collaboration with ESS ERIC which will be located in Lund, Sweden. More details on Freia can be found on the ESS website: https://europeanspallationsource.se/instruments/freia .

FREIA is designed to study surfaces that are horizontal, meaning that it can study what happens at free liquid surfaces as well as solid surfaces. FREIA can do most measurements without moving the sample, and there is no other instrument in the world that can do this.

The subject of work is the supply of the Freia neutron guide, which transports 2-21Å neutrons from the target to the sample position 22.8 m away. The guide is elliptical in the vertical plane, and forms a 3-channel s-bend in the horizontal plane, with vertical silicon vanes. The supermirror coating is formed on metallic substrate and varies along the length of the guide.

The requirement consists of Section 2, Section 3, Section 4, Section 5 and Section 6 of the Freia Instrument Neutron Guide as described in UK SBS PR20001 Specification.


About UK Shared Business Services

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      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 40
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: Yes
         Description of these options:Section 5 and Section 6

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: http://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com/respond/MTWBBH32AC


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2020/S 92-221110
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: No

   V.1) Information on non-award
      The contract/lot is not awarded
            Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure):
            Notice reference (year and document number): 2020 - 221110

Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          UK Shared Business Services Ltd
          Polaris House, SWINDON, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1793867000, Email: policy@uksbs.co.uk
          Internet address: http://www.uksbs.co.uk

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          UK Shared Business Services Ltd
          Polaris House, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 24/08/2020