Fakta om udbudet

EU-nr

2023/S 155-492427

Offentliggjort

14.08.2023

Udbudstype

Udbud med forhandling uden forudgående offentliggørelse

Udbyder

Aarhus Universitet

1 (one) MicroCT skanner

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: DK0 Danmark
Postal code: 8000
Country: Denmark
Contact person: Ann Sophie Steffensen
E-mail: asst@au.dk
Telephone: +45 23382421
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:

1 (one) MicroCT skanner

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:

At Department of Clinical Medicine, AU, there are dedicated laboratories for animal research. We will use microCT for both general anatomy (to quantify tissue/organ structures) and we will use special iodine-preparations to enhance

soft-tissue image contrast. Besides, we will use functionalized molecules (visible with microCT) that will bind to specific cells (for example tumor cells), in order to make images of specific cells and cellular structures.

The microCT will also be used on excised bone and soft tissues from dead humans, in particular for bone characterization (bone strength). Furthermore, research in anthropological and museum items (human bones and skeletal) requires a

spectral microCT. Finally, microCT scanning is used as a tool for visualizing and quantifying soil structure at micro to decimeter scale and to obtain unique possibilities for advancing our insight into soil structure and function as well as

and soil structure/plant interaction.

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: 3 800 000.00 DKK

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code: DK04 Midtjylland

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

AU requires a microCT system that is flexible, modular and become upgraded in future to accommodate evolving needs. The system must enable high throughput of many different types of materials and sizes.

The system must be able to be upgraded to enable elemental detection, by future adding required detectors and software, without sending the total microCT system back to the factory.

There will be many users on the proposed system, so a fast scan time is required to enable a high data throughput. "True" in-situ capabilities is required for some of the major users.

We have set the following requirements for data acquisition:

• Temporal resolution of <10 seconds

• continuous rotation during acquisition, which also needs to be possible during in-situ experiments

• spatial resolution: 3 um

• upgradable to spectral-CT capability

• must have a high flux x-ray source (>250 W and 30-180 keV)

• must have high speed flat panel detector with up to 100 fps read out modes

• Max sample size (Ø x h): 600 mm x 1150 mm, max weight: 45 kg

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:

Aarhus University has thouroughly searched the market and found that only one supplier is able to deliver the system fulfilling the requirements. The only system that fulfils all the requirements is CoreTOM from TESCAN. It is the only system on the market that offers the novel technology called SpectralCT and includes novel in-situ solutions.

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:

09/08/2023

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: NordicNano Solutions AB
Town: Oxie
NUTS code: SE Sverige
Country: Sweden

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: 3 800 000.00 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 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 41715000
Internet address: www.kfst.dk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

09/08/2023