Fakta om udbudet

EU-nr

2022/S 070-184713

Offentliggjort

08.04.2022

Udbudstype

Udbud med forhandling uden forudgående offentliggørelse

Udbyder

Aarhus Universitet

Vindere

(08.04.2022)
Triolab A/S
Brøndby

Cryomicrotome - 2022-0356667

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: 31119103
Postal address: Nordre Ringgade 1
Town: Aarhus C
NUTS code: DK Danmark
Postal code: 8000
Country: Denmark
Contact person: Jens August Aastrup Munch
E-mail: udbud@au.dk
Telephone: +45 93522562
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://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:

Cryomicrotome - 2022-0356667

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:

The Department of Biomedicines at Aarhus University wishes to purchase a cryo-microtome to section sucrose-embedded biological samples following to so-called Tokuyasu procedure, the best procedure to preserve epitopes in electron microscopy preparations. This machine will serve multiple projects and will allow to prepare cryo-sections that can be immunogold labelled to combine protein localization with ultrastructural resolution in electron microscopy or electron tomography.

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: 1 341 117.00 DKK

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code: DK042 Østjylland

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

With the purchased system, the aim is to cut ultrathin cryo-sections (50-70 nm) for electron microscopy and thin cryo-sections (150-500 nm) for electron tomography at very low temperature, i.e. minus 100-120 and minus 80-100, respectively.

The full list of requirements:

1. Temperature range (possible, controllable working range ) -15°C to -185°C.

2. Autotrim function.

3. Rotating knife holder that can take 2 knives.

4. Individual temperatures setting for specimen, knife and gas temperature.

5. Controlled 4 x LED illuminations system for the specimen illumination.

6. Integrated ionizer.

7. With antistatic device for charge and discharge function, adjustable antistatic electrode to avoid electrostatic charging.

8. Ad hoc antivibration table.

9. Automatic bake-out switch-off function for the cryo-cycle to shut down the machine.

10. Possibility to have an integrated HD digital camera with monitor.

11. Option to adapt in future the cryo-microtome for CEMOVIS.

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 works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

From our market analysis: The EM FC7 system is the only cryo-microtome on the market. Moreover, it has the possibility to be acquired with an integrated camera, which is essential for training purposes.

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

Section V: Award of contract/concession

V.2) Award of contract/concession

V.2.1) Date of contract award decision:

01/04/2022

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: Triolab A/S
Town: Brøndby
NUTS code: DK Danmark
Country: Denmark

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: 1 341 117.00 DKK

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
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.4.3) 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 complaint 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 41715000
Internet address: www.kfst.dk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

04/04/2022