Fakta om udbudet

EU-nr

2020/S 128-313390

Offentliggjort

06.07.2020

Udbudstype

Udbud med forhandling uden forudgående offentliggørelse

Udbyder

Aarhus Universitet

Vindere

(06.07.2020)
Amsterdam Scientific Instruments
Amsterdam

Fast Optical Camera for Nanosecond Photon Time Stamping

Aarhus Universitet

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Supplies

Legal Basis:

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Official name: Aarhus Universitet
National registration number: 311 19 103
Postal address: Trøjborgvej 82-84
Town: Aarhus C
NUTS code: DK DANMARK
Postal code: 8000
Country: Denmark
Contact person: Martin Bolet
E-mail: udbud@au.dk
Telephone: +45 60202600

Internet address(es):

Main address: www.au.dk

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title:

Fast Optical Camera for Nanosecond Photon Time Stamping

Reference number: 2020-0118314

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:

To enable simultaneous detection of all ion species created when intense femtosecond laser pulses ionizes molecules, we wish to buy a fast optical camera for nanosecond photon time stamping. The camera will record the light emitted from a phosphor screen backing a microchannel plate detector mounted on a velocity map imaging spectrometer.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: 59 900.00 EUR

II.2) Description

II.2.1) Title:

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

33000000 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code: DK042 Østjylland

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

My research concerns imaging molecules with femtosecond time resolution during fundamental physical processes and chemical reactions. The main experimental observables are ions and electrons, created when a femtosecond laser pulse ionizes a molecule. The ions and electrons are created inside a velocity map imaging spectrometer, that projects them onto a dual microchannel plate (MCP) detector backed by a phosphor screen. The light emitted from the phosphor is currently recorded by a CCD camera. For every charged particle hitting the MCP detector the phosphor screen emits a light glimpse and the CCD records the (x,y)-coordinates, from which we obtain the 2-dimensional velocity vector of the charged particle. For ion detection, the MCP detector is normally time-gated such that only one ion species, for instance fluorine ions, is detected at the time. In many of the experiments we conduct, there are often several different ion species produced and the simultaneous detection of all ion species would be tremendously valuable for the information content of the experiment.

To enable this more complete detection scheme we want to replace the CCD camera with a camera that in addition to detecting the spatial position (x,y) of each event, is also able to time stamp each event individually. We require that the time-resolution of this timing is better than 3 ns. Furthermore, the camera must be able to operate at a repetition rate of more than 10 kHz. Also, the pixel resolution on the sensor of the camera should be at least 250 x 250.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: no

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

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure without prior publication

The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

After exploring the market, it is our opinion there is only product that fulfills our requirement, namely the TPX3Cam from Amsterdam Scientific Instrument. The TPX3Cam offers a time resolution of less than 2 ns and an effective frame acquisition rate of at least 500 MHz, which is necessary to allow the simultaneous multi-ion species detection at 1 kHz repletion rate, we primarily want to use the camera for. Also, the pixel resolution of the TPX3Cam of 256 x 256 is required for our needs.

IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement

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

Section V: Award of contract/concession

V.2) Award of contract/concession

V.2.1) Date of contract award decision:

01/07/2020

V.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Official name: Amsterdam Scientific Instruments
Town: Amsterdam
NUTS code: NL NEDERLAND
Country: Netherlands

The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 59 900.00 EUR

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information:

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Official name: Klagenævnet for udbud Complaints Board for Public Procurement
Postal address: Toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postal code: 8800
Country: Denmark
E-mail: klfu@naevneneshus.dk
Telephone: +45 72405708

Internet address: https://erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/klagenaevnet-for-udbud

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Please contact Aarhus University, if you have a comment about this notice - udbud@au.dk

Following the notification, a standstill period of 10 calendar days will be held in accordance to paragraph 3 of Act No 593 of 2 June 2016 on the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for public Procurement. This implies that the contracting authority cannot sign the Contract with the winning tenderer before the standstill period has expired.

In case of complaints about tenders or decisions, e.g. award of contracts covered by Section II or III in the Danish Public Procurement Act must be submitted to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for udbud) within 45 calendar days from the day after the contractor published a notice in the Official Journal on the conclusion of a contract. At the latest concurrently with submission of an appeal to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must inform the contracting authority of the alleged infringement and whether the appeal is to be referred to the board.

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Official name: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Postal address: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postal code: 2500
Country: Denmark
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk
Telephone: +45 4171500

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

01/07/2020