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/

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Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging - 2022-0377989

38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Supplies

The Department of Forensic Medicine at Aarhus University wishes to procure a desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometer (DESI-MS) for imaging and chemical surface analysis of forensic traces directly on objects larger than the size of common microscope glass slides. The instrument will be used for research aimed at developing methods that can be implemented as a service to the department’s customers.

This contract is divided into lots: no

Value excluding VAT: 2 641 469.45 DKK

NUTS code: DK042 Østjylland

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

Three techniques are commonly applied for mass spectrometry imaging of forensic samples: secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) and desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS). However, SIMS is inadequate for chemical analysis of our compounds of interest due to the inherent hard ionization of the technique, while MALDI-MS is limited to samples the size of common microscope glass slides (typically 25x75x1 mm). Conclusively, DESI-MS is the only technique available that allows imaging and chemical surface analysis of forensically relevant compounds directly on objects larger than microscope glass slides.

List of requirements for DESI-MS instrument:

1) The highest possible spatial resolution of the DESI source must be <50 µm.

2) The DESI source must be equipped with a heated ion inlet.

3) The DESI source must be supplied with a solvent pump capable of maintaining a continuous pulse-free flow adjustable between 0.2 – 20 µL/min.

4) The mass spectrometer must be equipped with a quadrupole time-of-flight (QTof) mass analyser.

5) The mass spectrometer must be equipped with a collision cell for MS/MS measurements.

6) The mass resolution of the mass spectrometer must be at least 30,000 FWHM.

7) The mass accuracy of the mass spectrometer must be <3 ppm.

Price

Options: no

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below

Explanation:

We have examined the market for DESI-MS instruments to the best of our ability and found that the only company that supplies such instruments is Waters Corp. as they currently hold the exclusive rights to the DESI technology. In addition, we find that the Waters’ DESI-XS Xevo G2-XS QTof with Waters’ ACQ M-Class microBSM solvent pump fulfil our requirements (cf. II.2.4). Therefore, it is our intention to enter a purchase agreement for one unit of this system from Waters Corp.

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

02/06/2022

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

Official name: Waters A/S
Town: Taastrup
NUTS code: DK Danmark
Country: Denmark

The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: no

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 2 641 469.45 DKK

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

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.

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

02/06/2022