Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-27
Buyer: University of Edinburgh
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 38650000 | 72211000: Systems and user software programming services
Estimated value: 210000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-09-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The School of Informatics provides a fertile environment for a wide range of studies focussed on understanding computation in both artificial and natural systems. With over 450 academic and research staff and over 850 students, the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh is the largest in the UK and 1 of the largest in Europe. The school, and in particular, the Institute of Perception Action and Behaviour (IPAB) is now looking to purchase a motion capture system to track full body and finger motions, that can capture interactions between multiple subjects including the function to capture them playing two persons games, having conversations, and dancing together.
The Institute of perception, action and behaviour (IPAB) is looking to purchase a motion capture system to track full body and finger motions, that can capture interactions between multiple subjects including the function to capture them playing 2 persons games, having conversations, and dancing together.
The successful tenderer will be required to provide 3 years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to being awarded the contract, or confirm in their submission the publicly accessible, free, online location of accounts in such a format. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the contractor's economic and financial standing.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 400 000 GBP for the last 3 years.
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Please note that these level are 'for each and every claim' and there will be no limit of liability accepted. Bidders also must confirm they can provide supporting evidence at point of award.
Where the bidder is providing a submission on behalf of a subsidiary company, upon request, the bidder must obtain a parent company guarantee prior to commencement of any subsequently awarded contract.
Bidders will be required to provide adequate assurance of financial strength to successfully complete their contractual obligations.
Bidders must be able to provide upon request, their 3 most recent sets of annual audited accounts, including profit and loss information, and the following ratios:
A review of your ratios and audited accounts may be undertaken. In some cases this review may lead to an additional request for further financial information to help clarify any potential issues raised.
Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the supplies as described in Part II.2.4) of the OJEU contract notice or the relevant section of the site notice.
The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent).
The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety schemes in procurement (SSIP) forum.
Contractors must provide management information when requested by the University through the life of the contract.

Eligibility requirements: Not applicable to this requirement.

Award value: 210000