Fakta om udbudet
EU-nr
2016/S 023-036642
Offentliggjort
03.02.2016
Udbudstype
Tildeling af kontrakt uden forudgående offentliggørelse
Udbyder
Aarhus Universitet
Vindere
(03.02.2016)
Gatan, Inc.
5794 W. Las Positas Blvd.
CA 94588 Pleasanton, United States
K2 Direct Detection Cameras
Aarhus Universitet
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
This notice is covered by: Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Aarhus Universitet
Fuglesangs Allé 26
For the attention of: Indkøb
8210 Aarhus V
DENMARK
Telephone: +45 87150000
E-mail: udbud@au.dk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority/entity: www.au.dk
I.2) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3) Main activity
Education
1.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1) Description
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
K2 Direct Detection Cameras.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Purchase
II.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This purchase is focused on obtaining a Direct Detection Device (DDD) for our Titan-Krios flagship electron microscope.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
38511000, 38000000
II.6) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2) Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annexes D1, D2 or D3 as appropriate)
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical
We urgently need to upgrade our existing CCD camera (Ultrascan4000) from Gatan and the optimal upgrade will be the K2 Summit camera as outlined below. The current camera can not perform in terms of obtaining high resolution structures based on cryoEM (only resolution above 10Å can be obtained). At Aarhus University we have a high end Titan Krios 300 kV electron microscope equipped with a Cs corrector and with the upgrade this set-up will be in the top 10 in the world and allow researches at Aarhus University and Denmark to perform cutting edge research and obtain high resolution (better than 4Å) structures of macromolecules based on cryoEM data. The Gatan K2 Summit camera has been benchmarked against competing cameras from other companies numerous times during the last 5 years. Benchmarking was done by independent research groups and there is a clear consensus that the K2 Summit camera performs best regarding the important parameters needed for obtaining high resolution structures. The unmatched frame rate of this direct detector allows electron counting modes to improve both contrast and resolution for large and small molecules alike. Recently, high resolution structures of a number of small membrane proteins and protein complexes have been determined using the K2 detector and these include the gamma secretase (1), the TRPV1 (2) and TRPA1 (3) channels, and the voltage-gated calcium channel CaV (4). The current highest resolution structure by cryoEM at 2.2Å of beta galactosidase (5) was also determined using the K2 detector. As there is an internationally highly recognized membrane protein structure community at Aarhus University, there is an urgent need for upgrading the existing camera to a K2 detector in order to secure a competitive edge for this community. The upgrade will of course benefit the entire structural biology community at Aarhus University and in Denmark.
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical
We urgently need to upgrade our existing CCD camera (Ultrascan4000) from Gatan and the optimal upgrade will be the K2 Summit camera as outlined below. The current camera can not perform in terms of obtaining high resolution structures based on cryoEM (only resolution above 10Å can be obtained). At Aarhus University we have a high end Titan Krios 300 kV electron microscope equipped with a Cs corrector and with the upgrade this set-up will be in the top 10 in the world and allow researches at Aarhus University and Denmark to perform cutting edge research and obtain high resolution (better than 4Å) structures of macromolecules based on cryoEM data. The Gatan K2 Summit camera has been benchmarked against competing cameras from other companies numerous times during the last 5 years. Benchmarking was done by independent research groups and there is a clear consensus that the K2 Summit camera performs best regarding the important parameters needed for obtaining high resolution structures. The unmatched frame rate of this direct detector allows electron counting modes to improve both contrast and resolution for large and small molecules alike. Recently, high resolution structures of a number of small membrane proteins and protein complexes have been determined using the K2 detector and these include the gamma secretase (1), the TRPV1 (2) and TRPA1 (3) channels, and the voltage-gated calcium channel CaV (4). The current highest resolution structure by cryoEM at 2.2Å of beta galactosidase (5) was also determined using the K2 detector. As there is an internationally highly recognized membrane protein structure community at Aarhus University, there is an urgent need for upgrading the existing camera to a K2 detector in order to secure a competitive edge for this community. The upgrade will of course benefit the entire structural biology community at Aarhus University and in Denmark.
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Section V: Award of contract
V.1) Date of contract award decision:
V.2) Information about offers
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Gatan, Inc.
5794 W. Las Positas Blvd.
CA 94588 Pleasanton
UNITED STATES
V.4) Information on value of contract
V.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about European Union funds
VI.2) Additional information:
VI.3) Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2.2.2016