Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-11-20
Buyer: Aarhus Universitet
Country: DK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 33000000 | 38000000
Estimated value: 1300000 DKK
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Department of molecular biology and genetics at Aarhus University wants to purchase a Cryo-Correlative Light Electron Microscopy (Cryo-CLEM) system. The system will be used for localizing fluorescently labeled areas of interest in cryogenically cooled biological samples, in order to enable subsequent targeted cryo-electron microscopy or cryo-electron tomography of those areas. A complete cryo-CLEM system consists of a fluorescence microscope, a cryo-stage, and a software package that enables transfer of image data between the fluorescence microscope and the given electron microscopes that are to be used together with the cryo-CLEM system. We do not have an existing fluorescence microscope that can be retooled to make it usable in a Cryo-CLEM set-up. A key aspect is therefore that the system to be procured must be a complete system that contains a fluorescence microscope in addition to the cryo-stage and software package.
1) It must be a complete system with fluorescence microscope, a cryo-stage, and a software package that are compatible with our Thermo Fischer Scientific Titan Krios cryo-transmission electron microscopes. This will ensure that the system is usable in our existing set-up.
2) The cryo-stage must be of a closed type in order to minimize contamination during transfers between the fluorescence microscope and the electron microscopes. This is crucial for obtaining high-resolution cryo-transmission electron microscopy data.
3) The fluorescence microscope should have a dry objective with a numerical aperture of at least 0.9 to enable high resolving power, and the software should have a deblurring feature. This will ensure that the fluorescently labeled areas of interest can be mapped with sufficient precision.
The combination of requirements described above are fulfilled exclusively by one supplier. The possibility that there are other potential suppliers who could deliver the same, has been objectively excluded by market consultations.
Following the notification, a standstill period of 10 calendar days will be held in accordance to paragraph 3 of Act No 593 of 2 June 2016 on the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for public Procurement. This implies that the contracting authority cannot sign the contract with the winning Tenderer before the standstill period has expired.
In case of complaints about tenders or decisions, e.g. award of contracts covered by Section II or III in the Danish Public Procurement Act must be submitted to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for udbud) within 45 calendar days from the day after the contractor published a notice in the Official Journal on the conclusion of a contract. At the latest concurrently with submission of an appeal to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must inform the Contracting Authority of the alleged infringement, and whether the appeal is to be referred to the board.


Winner: Triolab A/S
Award value: 1300000