CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Supply and Installation of a Benchtop NMR

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The University of South Wales, Faculty of Computing, Engineering & Science, is seeking to purchase a Benchtop NMR in line with the specification and minimum requirements.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=115333.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Minimum requirements

• Routine 1H NMR analysis

• Small foot print for situation on side bench – 70cm maximum

• Ability for students to print spectra directly or save to process elsewhere.

 The University has a site wide licence to Topspin. Please clearly state if your spectra are compatible with this software for further manipulation by students away from the lab OR if you can provide a free site wide licence for your own processing software.

• Ability to easily run liquid and solid samples

 Our students have access to a 400 MHz Bruker solely for undergraduate hands-on use. It is desirable that any proposed solution has the ability to allow for easy transition of samples between both if possible.

Desirable requirements

• Ability to also run 13C spectra

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Interested parties must be able to and document in their response:

Fulfill the minimum requirements of the equipment in full;

Provide the information as requested in the quality assessment criteria;

Fully price up the tender as stipulated in the Tender document for all elements of the proposed equipment

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

1718

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Your tender submission must be uploaded to the Sell2Wales portal Postbox.

Your submission must be received by the closing time and date of midday, Wednesday 10th November 2021.

You should allow adequate time for the loading of your documents so as to ensure receipt as the postbox will electronically close at the deadline time and no further submissions will be accepted.

All queries in relation to the tender should be conducted via the Q&A function attached to this notice which will close at midday, Friday 5th November 2021.

(WA Ref:115333)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice