Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-16
Buyer: University Of Edinburgh
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 31220000 | 31681300 | 31712110 | 31712310 | 31712320
Submission deadline: 2017-09-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Multilot framework to include PCB Layout and Production, Optical Design and Manufacture, Firm and software development, System and Mechanical Prototyping.
We would require that PCB designs are created from circuit schematics. The circuit schematics might be of high speed/high bandwidth photodetectors, digital interconnects between microprocessors/ADCs/DACs/FPGAs etc., low noise power supplies, high linearity/high bandwidth LED/LASER driver circuits etc. The expertise required would be that of high speed, high bandwidth design focused on signal integrity. We are looking for designs that can support SNR levels of 30+ dB.
This procedure will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) Portal. All queries must be made via the PCS-T messaging system. For further instructions, please refer to the ESPD Guidance document attached to this project in PCS-T.
Stage 1 — Pre-Qualification via the ESPD. The ESPD asks bidders general questions; when completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this Notice that detail specific requirements. For each lot, bidders must:
a) Pass the Minimum Standards in ESPD Sections 4A, 4B, and 4D in the PCS-T Qualification envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Sections III.1.1, III.1.2, and III.1.3 (‘Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required’) of this Notice and are the same for all lots.
b) Complete the scored ESPD Section 4C (Technical and Professional ability) found in the PCS-T Technical envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section III.1.3 of this Notice and are the same for all lots. Section 4C will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed below. The 5 highest scoring bidders will be invited to submit a tender.
Stage 2 — Invitation to Tender (ITT) and submission of shortlisted bidder tender returns. These must be received no later than the date and time detailed within the ITT documentation.
0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion.
1 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability.
2 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
3 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
The PCB layouts referred to in Lot 1 would be manufactured and (less often) populated. We are looking for quality over quantity, as well as capability for rigid and flexible PCBs ideally, with focus on rigid ones. We would be manufacturing small number of prototypes for each design, but potentially a medium volume of different prototypes every month.
This procedure will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) Portal. All queries must be made via the PCS-T messaging system. For further instructions, please refer to the ESPD Guidance document attached to this project in PCS-T.

Eligibility requirements: Not Applicable to this Procurement.