Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-11
Buyer: Leeds Bradford Airport Limited
Country: UK
Region: Leeds
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 33111000: X-ray equipment | 35121000: Security equipment | 38546000 | 38581000 | 50610000
Estimated value: 1750000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-06-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Leeds Bradford Airport Limited (the Airport) is seeking to procure a minimum of 2 and maximum of 3 Standard 3 Explosive Detection Systems (EDS) machines for Hold Baggage Screening (HBS), which satisfy the Airport's requirements under EU Regulation 185/2010.
This procurement includes the design, manufacture, supply, delivery, integration, commissioning and testing of certified ECAC EDS machines, together with workstations, associated hardware, firmware, software and network infrastructure for the centralised monitoring of bag images. The machines are required for processing in-gauge baggage and must have a minimum throughput of 1 000 bags per hour.
In order to meet the deadline required under EU Regulation 185/2010 of 1.9.2018, the Airport currently envisages the machines being delivered on-site by October 2017. Prospective bidders are asked to consider whether they can achieve this deadline before tendering, as the Airport requires strict adherence to these time-scales.
The Airport may, as part of this procurement, separately award an operational maintenance and support services agreement in respect of these machines to the same supplier. Alternatively, this arrangement may be procured by way of an entirely separate and distinct process. Further information in this regard will be set out in the procurement documents.
As noted at Section II.2.4, the Airport may opt, as part of this procurement, to separately award an operational maintenance and support services agreement in respect of these machines to the same supplier.
A parent company guarantee(s) and/or a performance bond may be required as a condition of any contract to be awarded.
No specific legal form is required, however the Airport may require all operators bidding as part of a consortium to assume joint and several liability.
As set out in the procurement documents. It should be noted in particular, however, that any machine to be purchased by the Airport must be listed on the Department of Transport's Approved Explosive Detection System list.
Copies of the Selection Questionnaire can be obtained by contacting Sophie Murr by email at: sophie.murr@lba.co.uk. For the purposes of section I.3, access to the Selection Questionnaire is via email to this address. The Airport intends to use a dedicated online procurement portal for the later stages of the process, and will advise prospective bidders of the relevant URL for this portal in due course. Please note that a ‘request to participate’ for the purposes of this notice (in particular, section IV.2.2) is by completion and return of the Selection Questionnaire by 7.6.2017.
Please further note, when requesting a copy of the Selection Questionnaire, prospective bidders must confirm the email address to which information regarding any possible clarifications and/or permitted amendments in respect of the procurement documents may be sent. Failure to do so may result in prospective bidders not receiving important information regarding such clarifications and/or amendments and the Airport does not accept any liability in respect of any loss incurred as a result of a failure by the prospective bidder to provide a contact email address.
Prospective bidders should note that the Airport reserves the right to cancel or vary this procurement process at any point and will not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by the prospective bidders in responding to this notice.


Award value: 1750000