CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Tender for supply of a Tungsten / LaB6 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Swansea University Science & Innovation Bay Campus

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Institute of Structural Materials at Swansea University specialises in the mechanical characterisation of advanced metallic and ceramic based systems with a particular emphasis placed on the understanding of property – microstructure relationships. To this end, substantial volumes of fractographic inspection are covered on a daily basis where standard SEM facilities are essential. On a more fundamental level, electron back scattered diffraction and chemical mapping (EDS) are employed in order to assess processing, segregation and textural effects on mechanical performance. To date, such facilities have been available within the College of Engineering on a shared basis, however, with approximately 70% of the total access time allowed on that equipment being used by ISM staff and students, it is now essential that the ISM procures its own dedicated equipment to meet the delivery schedules expected by high profile research sponsors such as Roll-Royce and Airbus and to expand our research capabilities.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

T95 (15)

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

The funding for this contract may be provided from a number of different sources including the Welsh Government, UK Government, European Investment Bank Loan or European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government.

This contract will also include the Swansea University Science & Innovation Bay Campus.

VI.2)

Additional Information

(WA Ref:29588)

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice