Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-02
Buyer: NWUPC Ltd
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09130000 | 09210000 | 24327400 | 24910000 | 24951000
Estimated value: 31500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: Electronic Components and Associated Products including Electronic Kits, Service Aids, Tools, Fixings, Test and Measurement Equipment and Batteries (NUWPEC).
The NWUPC has a requirement to establish a Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Electronic Components and Associated Products, Services Kits, Tools, Fixings, Test and Measurement Equipment and Batteries. NWUPC is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’) on behalf of members of NWUPC, NEUPC, SUPC, LUPC, APUC, HEPCW and CPC.
The following consortia have committed to this procurement and intend to utilise the Framework Agreement as soon as possible after award:
Further to the above the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory will have access to any resulting framework agreements. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory are not currently part of any consortia.
Further information on the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory can be found at: https://www.dstl.gov.uk/
The Framework Agreement is open to the current Member Institutions and affiliated Public Sector Bodies including FE colleges and the Research Councils (http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/) as defined by the above Consortia. Any other HE or FE Institution within the UK wishing to participate in this agreement is only able to do so via a subsequent application that is accepted by the NWUPC. The membership of the Consortia may change in the future owing to strategic realignment or the inclusion of new full or associate members, who could be outside the education/research sector, but within the public sector. Institutions that are not members of the Consortia may be subject to the payment of additional access fees on an annual basis to the coordinating body in respect of their use of the Agreement. The agreements will also be made available, during their incubation period, to those participating Institutions' spin-off companies where 50 % or more of their equity is owned by a participating Institution or group of participating Institutions.
At some point during the life of the Framework Agreement the current members of the following Consortia may wish to utilise the Agreement and should have access at any point with the permission of NWUPC. Therefore, it should also apply, with the express written permission of NWUPC, to any member of any other Higher or Further Education regional purchasing consortium or any other Higher Education Institution in the United Kingdom as well as the Research Councils, providing that they formally commit to participate in and support this Agreement. NWUPC will only grant permission at the request of the consortium; or an Institution if it is not a member of a Consortium. This Agreement is not intended to replace any current Agreements that either participating or non-participating Consortia may already have in place. A list of the current members of those HE and FE regional purchasing consortia is as follows:
The NWUPC is seeking to establish a multi-provider Framework Agreement on behalf of the members of NWUPC, NEUPC, SUPC, LUPC, APUC, HEPCW and CPC for The Supply and Delivery of Electronic Components and Associated Products, Service Aids, Tools and Fixings, Test and Measurement Equipment and Batteries.
Tenderers shall accept and acknowledge that by issuing this ITT NWUPC shall not be bound to accept any Tender and reserves the right not to conclude a Framework Agreement for The Supply and Delivery of Electronic Components and Associated Products, Kits, Service Aids, Tools and Fixings, Test and Measurement Equipment and Batteries for which Tenders are invited nor does it constitute an offer to enter into a contractual relationship.
All costs incurred in relation to preparing and submitting a Tender are to be borne by the Tenderer. NWUPC shall not accept liability for any associated costs sustained by Tenderers.
This Framework Agreement will commence on 8.10.2016 for an initial period of 36 months until 7.10.2019 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 7.10.2020 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance.
You can apply for a single lot or for multiple lots. You only need to complete and return 1 ITT document no matter how many lots you are applying for. However you must indicate in section 4 Lot Application which of the lots you wish to apply for. You will also have to complete any Lot specific pricing documents. A full list of the documents required for a complete tender submission is provided in section 21 Document Check-list. Each bid will be assessed on its own merits and each lot will be awarded separately. Successful award on a particular lot does not enable You to supply under any other Lot.
Lot 1 — The Supply and Delivery of Electronic Components and Associated Products and Service Aids includes, but is not limited to, the following scope: diodes, cables, capacitors, resistors, switches, transistors, voltage regulators, fuses, jack plugs, circuit boards and components, bulbs, silicone, grease, pastes. This list is not exhaustive.
Lot 2 — The Supply and Delivery of Tools and Fixings includes, but is not limited to, the following scope: — Hand tools and electrical tools including but not limited to saws, jigsaws, drills, drill bits, soldering irons, plyers, screwdrivers, hot air guns, consumables for tools, blades, discs. Fixings including but not limited to glues, screws and nails. This list is not exhaustive.
Lot 3 — The Supply and Delivery of Test and Measurement Equipment includes, but is not limited to, the following scope: Digital storage scopes, oscilloscopes, power supplies, probes, test kits, microwave leakage detectors, probes. This list is not exhaustive.

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