Purchase of 2-Channel Fiber Photometry System

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Aarhus Universitet
311 19 103
Trøjborgvej 82-84
Aarhus C
8000
Denmark
Contact person: Camilla Ladekarl Sørensen
Telephone: +45 51335271
E-mail: udbud@au.dk
NUTS code: DK

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:

Purchase of 2-Channel Fiber Photometry System.

Reference number: 2017-159-000019

II.1.2) Main CPV code

38000000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description:

Dandrite want to buy a 2-Channel Fiber Protometry System.

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: 128 915.00 DKK

II.2) Description

II.2.1) Title:

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code: DK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

The system we want to buy is set up to use a new technique called independent fibre photometry. Setting it up from scratch would require an expertise which we don't have and this is the only commercially available system of its kind. This system, will allow us to measure the activity of different brain areas in freely moving mice during behavioural experiments. We are sending one of our Phd students to a lab in the US which already uses this system and we will establish it in Denmark where no lab is working with a similar technique so far. We will able to optimize circuit tracing protocols to obtain better and more precise results. Since we have multiple researchers in our lab working on different scientific questions in the field of memory and fear, we will be able to use the method to answer different questions with this approach.

The system is able to:

— record green fluorescent signal in multiple brain regions in a freely moving animal,

— record red fluorescent signal in multiple brain regions in a freely moving animal,

— Live data processing,

— Branching fiber optic cables.

This technology is patented (ref: S15-390) and there Neurophotometrics Ltd. is the only company manufacturing this system.

II.2.5) Award criteria

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

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

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Explanation:

Aarhus University wish to buy a 2-Channel Fiber Photometry System.

The system we want to buy is set up to use a new technique called independent fibre photometry. Setting it up from scratch would require an expertise which we don't have and this is the only commercially available system of its kind. This system, will allow us to measure the activity of different brain areas in freely moving mice during behavioural experiments. We are sending one of our Phd students to a lab in the US which already uses this system and we will establish it in Denmark where no lab is working with a similar technique so far. We will able to optimize circuit tracing protocols to obtain better and more precise results. Since we have multiple researchers in our lab working on different scientific questions in the field of memory and fear, we will be able to use the method to answer different questions with this approach.

The system is able to:

— record green fluorescent signal in multiple brain regions in a freely moving animal,

— record red fluorescent signal in multiple brain regions in a freely moving animal,

— Live data processing,

— Branching fiber optic cables.

This technology is patented (ref: S15-390) and there Neurophotometrics Ltd. is the only company manufacturing this system.

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: no

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:

15/08/2017

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

Neurophotometrics, LLC
16921 Via De Santa Fe
Rancho Santa Fe
92067
United States
E-mail: sage@sagescientific.com
NUTS code: 00

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: 128 915.00 DKK

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information:

The system we want to buy is set up to use a new technique called independent fibre photometry. Setting it up from scratch would require an expertise which we don't have and this is the only commercially available system of its kind. This system, will allow us to measure the activity of different brain areas in freely moving mice during behavioural experiments. We are sending one of our Phd students to a lab in the US which already uses this system and we will establish it in Denmark where no lab is working with a similar technique so far. We will able to optimize circuit tracing protocols to obtain better and more precise results. Since we have multiple researchers in our lab working on different scientific questions in the field of memory and fear, we will be able to use the method to answer different questions with this approach.

The system is able to:

— record green fluorescent signal in multiple brain regions in a freely moving animal,

— record red fluorescent signal in multiple brain regions in a freely moving animal,

— Live data processing,

— Branching fiber optic cables.

This technology is patented (ref: S15-390) and there Neurophotometrics Ltd. is the only company manufacturing this system.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Klagenævnet for udbud
Toldboden 2
Viborg
8800
Denmark
Telephone: +45 72405708
E-mail: klfu@naevneneshus.dk

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

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3) Review procedure

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

Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Valby
2500
Denmark
Telephone: +45 4171500
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

15/08/2017

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Purchase of 2-Channel Fiber Photometry System

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