Fakta om udbudet

EU-nr

2020/S 088-210303

Offentliggjort

06.05.2020

Udbudstype

Udbud med forhandling uden forudgående offentliggørelse

Udbyder

Aarhus Universitet

Vindere

(06.05.2020)
PhaseTech Spectroscopy, Inc
Madison, WI 53718

2D IR Spectrometer System

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
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:

2D IR Spectrometer System

II.1.2) Main CPV code

38000000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description:

Aarhus University wants to purchase a 2DQuick IR 128. It will be used for multidimensional spectroscopy, ultra-fast mid-IR pump-probe spectroscopy, and ultrafast UV pump/mid-IR probe experiments. The instrument will allow us to investigate biomolecular structure, coupling and ultrafast dynamics. The devise will be integrated into an existing laser setup to which provides high power ultrashort laser pulses in the mid IR spectral region. The 2DQuick IR 128 is the only commercially available 2D IR spectrometer on the market.

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: 220 000.00 USD

II.2) Description

II.2.1) Title:

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

33000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code: DK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

The customer is an associate professor at the Chemistry Department of Aarhus University and head of the surface spectroscopy facility SurfLab. We intend to purchase a 2D IR spectrometer system for a planned research project.

Chemical reactions, biomolecular action and motion take place on ultrafast timescales. Those reactions and motions determine the performance of a chemical system in a given application but also the chemistry of life processes. Typical examples include catalysis, nucleation, sensing, wetting, target binding, and biocompatibility but also protein pump and membrane-drug interactions. However, it is extremely challenging to obtain information at ultrafast timescales about molecular motion and energy transfer. Two-dimensional spectroscopy can provide this information and has proven to be a reliable tool to probe ultrafast processes. For a 2D experiment it is required to prepare trains of femtosecond laser pulses in the mid-IR region with exquisite control of temporal spacing, relative phase and spectral shape. The pulse must have average powers of several micro Joule, which means the pulse shaper must be optically pumped with 10-100 micro Joule of average power.

The customer has performed a systematic search for commercially available 2D IR spectrometers. PhaseTech Spectroscopy, Inc. is located in the United States and is the only company in the world to have commercialized 2D IR spectroscopy. The 2DQuick IR, is the only commercially available 2D IR spectrometers in existence. The system is fully integrated spectrometer that includes mid-IR pulse shaping technology and custom data collection software, which together enables easy operation. The system is designed for multidimensional spectroscopy and ultra-fast mid-IR pump-probe spectroscopy.

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

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 have performed a systematic search for commercially available 2D IR spectrometers. The PhaseTech 2DQuick IR is of our knowledge the only 2D IR spectrometer system available on the market that fulfills all of our requirements:

Spectral window: 3-10 μm

Spectral resolution: 5 cm-1 at 5.5μm

Repetition rate: up to 100 kHz

Throughput efficiency of the included pulse shaper: 25 %

Pulse energy of the shaper pump beam: up to 200 uJ

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:

30/04/2020

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: PhaseTech Spectroscopy, Inc
Town: Madison, WI 53718
NUTS code: 00
Country: United States

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: 220 000.00 USD

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:

05/05/2020