IR imaging spectrometer to Linköping University, Sweden
1 Administrative regulations
1.1 General information
An IR imaging spectrometer is to beprocured by Linkpings universitet (LiU)for the Dept. of Thematic studies - Water and Environmental Studies (WES).
Department of thematic studies - water and environmental studies (WES) is a nationally and internationally established centre for multi- and interdisciplinary research and education, where natural and cultural scientists collaborate in search for knowledge across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. The research covers a spectrum of environmental issues and questions in the borderland of nature-society and is continuously examining its future role in facing new challenges.
WEShas significant ongoing research regarding sources and fates of greenhousegases and climate change to which the instrument considered here relates.
1.1.1 Scope
Theinstrument will be used for detailed visualization of methane (CH4; first choice) and nitrous oxide (N2O; if possible) concentration gradients in landscapes. This includes imaging from ground or aircraft toproduce concentration (e.g. column density) gradient maps or to follow changes over time in a landscape scene. Such visualisations of the gases will be used to identify sources and sinks at the landscape scale.
1.2 Contracting Entity
Linkpingsuniversitet.
Dept of Thematic studies water and environmental studies.
SE-581 83Linkping.
Sweden.
1.2.1 Contact person
Name: Anders Lindman.
If the tenderer wishes clarification of any aspect of the contract documents, an enquiry must be submitted electronically through Mercell Public Service (in writing directly to the contact person for this procurement, at such point of time that a response can be delivered six (6) days before the last day for tender submittal).
Enquiries will be answered electronically through Mercell Public Service and published at
http://www.liu.se/upphandlingar, or directly at
http://se.mercell.com/Permalink/28949317.aspx.
1.2.2 Additions/amendments
Complementary additions/amendments according to the contract documents will be announced at
http://www.liu.se/upphandlingar. and through Mercell Public Service
www.mercell.com.
1.3 Contract documents
1.3.1 List of documents
The contract documents consists of the following documents and appendices:
This document - administrative regulations, qualification of the tenderer and technical specifications,
Appendix 1, detailed technical specifications.
Appendix 2, declaration of truthfulness.
Appendix 3, public contract (draft).
Appendix 4, ALOS 05 E, general terms for supply of goods to the public sector.
The tenderer is solely responsible for obtaining complete documentation.
1.3.2 Disposition of the contract documents
The administrative regulations contain requirements about formality and administration and also describe how the qualification of the tenderer and evaluation of the tender is performed. The technical specifications contain specific requirements concerning the procurement object. The commercial conditions stipulate requirements for the public contract.
1.4 Procurement procedure
This is an open procurement procedure, in accordance with the Swedish law of public procurements, (SFS 2007:1091) chapter 4.
1.5 The tender - formal requirements
1.5.1 Validity of the tender
The tender is valid provided that it is:
Signed by an authorised representative of the tendering company,
Submitted no later than 11.7.2011. The tenderer is solely responsible for the timely arrival of the tender. A tender that arrives later than stipulated, will not be considered,
Valid until 30.9.2011, which explicitly must be confirmed in the tender, see appendix 2.
1.5.2 Formality of the tender
Formal requirements of the tender are as follows:
Written in the Swedish or English language,
Submittet electronically through Mercell Public Service with the offering named with the project number TEMA‑2011-00130.
Tenders submitted by fax, e-mail, package or envelope will not be accepted.
1.5.3 Submission of tender
The tender is to be submitted electronically through Mercell Public Service,www.mercell.com.
Mercell public service contact and support:
Mercell Svenska AB.
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SE 411 19 Gteborg.
Sweden.
Phone: +46 313606029.
support.se@mercell.com
Office hours are Monday Friday, 08.00 17.00 for support and assistance regarding technical issues leaving your tender through Mercell Public Service. Keep in mind that tenders are submitted at the risk of the tenderer, and to ensure that the tender can be submitted correctly, the office hours should be taken into consideration.
1.5.4 Disposition of the tender
To ensure equal treatment and to facilitate assessment of tenders, the tenderer is requested to follow the order and numbering of this document.
If no statement is made with respect to a requirement, the contract entity is entitled to interpret this as the requirement is not fulfilled.
1.6 Evaluation process
Before the evaluation process starts, the formal requirements are checked in accordance with 1.5. If any of those are not fulfilled, the tender in questionmay not be taken into consideration.
1.6.1 Examination
The requirements indicated as must in the qualification demands tab (section 2-3) found in Mercell Public Service are checked. Only tenders that fulfill all the requirements will be evaluated.
1.6.2 Evaluation
The public contract will be awarded to the economically most advantageous tender considering the criteria below.
This document specify a maximum total amount available for all costs associated with the purchase to 7 500 000 SEK. The most advantageous tender will be the tender that provides the best overall performance and value within this price limit.
The tenders will be evaluated regarding fulfillment of the requirements stated in section 3 and in appendix 1 detailed technical specifications (sections 4-10), including the quality and potential of the proposed solutions. The best overall performance is determined based on the total number of points given for the evaluation criteria in the specific requirements in appendix 1. If the statement is fulfilled the number of points given will be the mean value of the points stated for the particular statement. If the statement is more than fulfilled the number of points will be more than the mean value and if the statement i less than fulfilled the points given will be less. If 2 or more tenders are given the same number of points the cheapest alternative will be chosen.
1.6.3 Qualification of the tenderer
The requirements in section 2 is to ascertain that the tenderer has the necessary technical ability and capacity to fulfill the obligations concerning this public procurement. To qualify, these requirements have to be fulfilled.
1.7 Commercial secrecy
In accordance with the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (Offentlighets- och sekretesslag (2009:400)) all data pertaining to a procurement matter is subject to secrecy until an agreement has been entered into or procurement has otherwise been concluded.
Any data mentioned may be subject to secrecyeven after the aforementioned time. Note, however that only in exceptional cases data and prices according to the evaluation of the tender is considered to be of such nature that it may be held secret for commercial reasons. With respect to commercial secrecy for the protection of a tenderers data, the requirement is that the data in question refers to the tenderers business- or service conditions and that there is a specific reason to presume that the tenderer will suffer damages if the data is disclosed.
If a tenderer considers the data submitted in connection with this procurement matter fulfils the aforementioned requirements for commercial secrecy, the tenderer must submit a request for commercial secrecy, in writing; with clarification concerning the data referred to and what damage the tenderer would suffer if the data were disclosed.
Thedecision whether or not the data submitted by the tenderer fulfils the requirements for commercial secrecy will be made by the Contracting Entity.
1.8 Notification of decision
At least 10 days before signing the public contract, notification of the entitys decision in this matter of procurement will be sent through Mercell Public Service to alltendering companies.
An appeal for reconsideration of this decision may be made to Frvaltningsrtteni Linkping (the Administrative Court of Linkping). Such an appeal has to besent within 10 days from receipt of the decision.
Address:
Box 406, SE-581 04 Linkping, Sweden.
E-mail:
forvaltningsrattenilinkoping@dom.se.
http://www.forvaltningsrattenilinkoping.domstol.se
1.9 Agreement
Please note that there is nolegally binding agreement until a public contract is signed by both parties.
2 Qualification of the tenderer
The tenderers must be qualified according to their juridical standard and technical capacity and experience. If the information asked for should not be sufficient or be omitted, the tenderer may be excluded from evaluation.
2.1 Legal position
The tenderer will be excluded from participation in an award procedure if he:
Is bankrupt or is being wound up, his affairs are being administered by the court, he has entered into an arrangement with his creditors, he has suspended payments, or he is subject to an injunction against carrying on business,
Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or for an arrangement with creditors or similar proceedings,
Has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata,
Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct and the contracting entity can furnish proof of this circumstance, or.
Has not fulfilled obligations relating to registration in a professional trade register or a similar register, or.
Has not fulfilled obligations relating to registration for reporting of value-added tax, employees income tax, employer fees and national security contributions, or.
Has furnished incorrect information requested below.
And may be excluded if he.
Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social insurance fees or taxes in the country in which he is established or the country in which procurement takes place.
Has in some material respect failed to furnish required information or furnished incorrect information requested as mentioned below.
The tenderer must confirm that there are no grounds for excluding him according to section 2.1 Legal position through leaving the below mentioned documents.
For tenderers located abroad and Swedish tenderers:
The following national official documents must be enclosed to the tender in the qualification demands tab:
1) Enclose certificate of enrolment in a professional trade register, Swedish tenderers Registreringsbevis from Bolagsverket.
2) Enclose certificate that thetenderer has fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions, Swedish tenderers may be checked regarding social security contributions.
3) Enclose certificate that the tenderer has fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes. Swedish tenderers may be checked by LiU with Skatteverket regarding payment of taxes.
For all tenderers:
Appendix no 2, declaration of truthfulness must be signed and enclosed to thetender in Mercell Public Service.
2.2 Technical ability and capacity
See appendix 1.
Thetender should include description ofat least one (1) project, as similar to this one as possible, including references specified with names and telephone numbers or e-mail addresses to contact persons.
2.3 Service organization
See the qualification demand tab.
The tenderer must describe the service organization e.g. base of the service engineer(s).
2.4 Subcontractors
See the qualification demand tab. If the tenderer intends to engage subcontractors to perform certain parts of services, these shall be, stated, and specified in the tender. Documents, as presented in section 2.1, must be appended for each subcontractor.
3 Technical specifications
3.1 Introduction and general specifications
We are looking for a high resolution IR imaging spectrometer (e.g. a hyperspectral camera or aspectrograph that scans the scene line by line) in the wavelength range7.15-8.30 mm to be used for mapping CH4 and N2O in environmental applications.
3.2 Technical "must" specifications
Thetechnical items listed in the qualification demand tab are technical requirements that need to be fulfilled for a proposed system to be considered. Please be shure to check all must requirements in the qualification demand tab.
4-10 Detailed technical specifications
See the enclosed document appendix 1, detailed technical specifications for input of answers to the technical statements. These answers will be evaluated as described in 1.6.2.
11 Price
Adetailed description of what is included in the price must be given. The price for the offered system must be fixed and stated in SEK. The total price also must be given as DAP on-site (WES) including fulfilment of all demands stated in this document.
The price must not exceed 7 500 000 SEK, excluding Swedish VAT.
See order lines tab for price input.
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Sista ansökningsdag
Tidsfristen för mottagande av anbud var 2011-07-11.
Upphandlingen offentliggjordes den 2011-06-01.
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