Supply and Maintenance of Liquid Chromatography Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers (LC-QQQ)
A Tender Notice
by SCOTTISH POLICE AUTHORITY
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Goods)
- Duration
- 4 year
- Value
- ___
- Sector
- INDUSTRIAL
- Published
- 20 Aug 2021
- Delivery
- To 30 Aug 2025 (est.)
- Deadline
- 20 Sep 2021 11:00
Concepts
Location
Scotland: Glasgow
1 buyer
- Scottish Police Authority Glasgow
Description
Supply, Delivery and Installation of 4 x Liquid Chromatography Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers (LC-QQQ) and associated maintenance packages.
Total Quantity or Scope
The Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services is expanding its remit to provide a post-mortem forensic toxicology service to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) who are responsible for the investigations into sudden, unexplained deaths in Scotland. . A new toxicology laboratory for Scotland is to be created to provide state-of-the-art testing capabilities for police and prosecutors. The new facility will be located in Glasgow. This will be a busy laboratory service receiving up to 4000 cases per annum and requiring a quick turnaround. . Scottish Police Authority, Forensic Services, has a requirement to procure 4 x Liquid Chromatography Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers (LC-QQQ) and associated maintenance packages. These instruments will be used in a forensic toxicology laboratory and will be located at the new facility.
Renewal Options
Option to extend the contract for one period of up to three years.
Award Criteria
Quality | 80 |
price | 20 |
CPV Codes
- 38433100 - Mass spectrometer
Indicators
- This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
- Options are available.
- Renewals are available.
- Financial restrictions apply.
- Professional qualifications are sought.
- Technical restrictions apply.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Vetting The Tenderer’s representative with overall responsibility for undertaking the works and the personnel assigned to the supply of the goods and or services shall be vetted to Non Police Personnel Vetting Standards (NPPV) Level 2 or 3 as appropriate depending on the person’s role and activity they undertake. . Economic Operators Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. . Living Wage Tenderers will be asked to confirm if they pay all employees as a minimum the Real Living Wage as published by the Living Wage Foundation for statistical information gathering purposes only. . Equality and Diversity Tenderers will be required to comply with the statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010. . Declaration of Non-Involvement in Serious Organised Crime Tenderers must complete and sign a Declaration of Non-Involvement in Serious Organised Crime form. . Subcontractor Detail Tenderers will be required to provide details of the subcontractors they intend to use in their supply chain. Tenderers are required to complete this section as part of the SPD. . Data Protection Tenderers must be aware of their obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR as set out in the Contract. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 19361. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:664182)
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-02c63a
- FTS 020414-2021