Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Chancellors Court,Edgbaston
BIRMINGHAM
B152TT
UK
Contact person: Susanna Ting
E-mail: S.Y.Ting@bham.ac.uk
NUTS: UKG
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx
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
Contract for the Supply of Ambient Metals Monitoring System to the University of Birmingham
Reference number: SC9214/21
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Air Quality Supersite Triplets (UK-AQST) is a NERC funded national facility, and has
been funded by NERC capital fund to provide access to two mobile air quality
laboratories for UK atmospheric science community. The new air quality
laboratories will be paired with one of the existing supersites in Birmingham, London
or Manchester, to provide a first-ever monitoring of detailed air pollution
composition at three different types of sites, e.g., roadside, urban, and rural
(upwind) locations. As part of the newly funded UK-AQST, we wish to acquire one
online XRF ambient multi- metal monitoring system and one Fidas, exactly the same
as in the existing NERC-funded air quality supersite, for each mobile laboratory.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
201 255.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
To provide the comparable results with data from existing air quality supersites in
Birmingham, London or Manchester, the Air Quality Supersite Triplets wish to
procure
- Ambient Metals Monitoring System
- XRF check standards
- PM10 inlet
- PM2.5 inlet
- Roof-pass through kit
- Inlet Swapping system
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
The University has applied a 10 calendar days standstill period from publication of this notice.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
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
AECOM is the only company that offers both instruments that provide an online
observation of a range of metals in PM2.5 and PM10 as well as total mass
concentration of PM2.5 and PM10. The online XRF instrument must provide the
measurement of 67 metals simultaneously including Pb, As, and Cd. The
instruments must be validated by US EPA Environmental Technology Verification
programme, an automated source characterisation software for easy assessment of
data collected on system, automatically crate graphical displays, option to connect
remotely to the system, proven ability to sample while in a moving vehicle, ability to
automatically alternate between sampling PM10 and PM2.5. To the best of our
knowledge, Xact is the only instrument that can meet this requirement
The Air Quality Supersite Triplets, funded by NERC, aims to provide consistent
observations of aerosol and gas compositions at a roadside, urban background and
rural sites simultaneously. The newly funded two air quality supersites will be paired
with the existing urban background site, either at Birmingham, London or
Manchester for observations. Each of the existing supersites has exactly the same
Xact and Fidas that we seek to procure. This will ensure that we are able to provide a
consistent observation of aerosol compositions at all three sites so that we can
better understand their sources and processes.
IV.1.8) Information about 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
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-012435
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/06/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ACOEM UK Limited
Tewkesbury Business Park
Tewkesbury
GL20 8GD
UK
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 201 255.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/07/2021