Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-08-23
Buyer: University of Southampton
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 33122000: Ophthalmological equipment | 33124100 | 33124120 | 33124130
Estimated value: 450000 GBP

Technical requirements: Medical Researchers at the University of Southampton are about to embark upon a research project involving a prospective clinical trial of patients with eye disease and is seeking to purchase three adaptive optics retinal cameras (adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopes), which must be CE marked.
The project specifically requires mirrored fundus cameras capable of imaging photoreceptors as single cells as well as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) mosaic. A resolution of 1,6 μm with a 4º × 4º field of view and an illumination wavelength of 850 nm is suggested as an example.
The University is keen to gauge capability and interest from the market to assist in our decision making. Interested parties are invited to complete and return a Soft Market Testing Questionnaire. The deadline for the receipt of completed Soft Market Testing Questionnaire is 12:00 noon local time 5.9.2018.
Medical Researchers at the University of Southampton are about to embark upon a research project involving a prospective clinical trial of patients with eye disease and is seeking to purchase three adaptive optics retinal cameras (adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopes), which must be CE marked.
The project specifically requires mirrored fundus cameras capable of imaging photoreceptors as single cells as well as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) mosaic. A resolution of 1,6 μm with a 4º × 4º field of view and an illumination wavelength of 850 nm is suggested as an example. The researchers are also seeking to easily align images taken of the same patient over time (patients attending different visits over several months). Imaging acquisition software, a PC, instrument table and chinrest are to be included.
The three identical cameras are to be supplied and installed in 3 separate clinical trial site locations within Europe: University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Standardisation must be observed across all sites.
A five year warranty, shipping (inco terms DDP), installation and on-site training costs will be expected at each site should be included.
The University is keen to gauge capability and interest from the market to assist in our decision making. Interested parties are invited to complete and return a Soft Market Testing Questionnaire, which also contains further details on the description of the University's requirement. The deadline for the receipt of completed Soft Market Testing Questionnaire is 12:00 noon local time 5.9.2018.
The University is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ universityofsouthampton) to manage this soft market testing exercise and to communicate with participating organisations.
All documentation in relation to this soft market testing exercise can be downloaded from In-Tend under project reference 2019UoS-0018.
Participating organisations are advised that there will be no hard copy documents issued to organisations and all communications with the University including the submission of Soft Market Testing Questionnaires will be conducted via In-Tend. Regular monitoring of In-Tend is the responsibility of the participating organisation.
If you are not already registered as a supplier with the University of Southampton, you will need to register in In-Tend in order to access the soft market testing documentation.
Once you have logged in: click on ‘Tenders’; locate the relevant project; and click ‘View Details’. Once you are in the project screen, you will be able to register your company against the project and access all documentation by clicking ‘Express Interest’.
7) Check ALL your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the “My Tender Return” panel. The system will only permit your organisation to make one return;
Please note that, to preserve the integrity of the soft market testing exercise, all queries must made be via the correspondence function within In-Tend.


Award value: 450000