Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-28
Buyer: University of St Andrews
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33111000: X-ray equipment | 38400000
Estimated value: 230000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-03-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: For routine characterization of MBE-grown thin films of transition metal oxides and dichalcogenides, we require an X-ray system for high-resolution X-ray diffraction which fulfills the following requirements. The instrument will be used to characterize crystallographic structure, composition, thickness, strain/relaxation and quality of thin films and heterostructures of transition metal oxides and chalcogenides as well as of single crystals, organic thin films and others.
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Please note that ‘Notes of Interest’ placed via PCS (Public Contracts Scotland) are not automatically accepted.
All tenders for the University of St Andrews are administered through our eTendering System (InTend). To express an interest please go to our tender website at https://intendhost.co.uk/universityofstandrews
Please note that ‘Notes of Interest’ placed via PCS (Public Contracts Scotland) are not automatically accepted.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland website at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=614485
The University of St Andrews will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract being communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from The University of St Andrews.
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The anticipated review body in such cases would be: Dundee Sheriff Court, 6 West Bell Street, Dundee, DD1 9AD.
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Proceedings seeking an ineffectiveness order must be brought within 30 days of the publication of the contract award notice in the OJEU or 30 days from the date of a decision letter to all tenderers concerned and any candidates concerned, containing a summary of the reason for the recipient being unsuccessful, otherwise 6 months from the date of entering into the contract or concluding the framework agreement.
Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may, by interim order, suspend the procurement procedure. The court may also set aside a decision or actions taken by the University or order it to amend and document and/or award damages. However, by express requirement the court may decide not to grant an interim order when the negative consequences of such an order are likely to outweigh the benefits, having regard to a number of considerations.
If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the nature of the breach: make an ineffectiveness order, impose a financial penalty, shorten the duration of the contract, make any other order considered appropriate to address the consequences of ineffectiveness or shortening the duration or the contract, award damages.


Award value: 230000