Contract for the supply and installation of a transmission electron microscope and a magnetic resonance imaging desktop system to the international iberian nanotechnology laboratory

INL, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

The subject matter of this contract is the supply and installation of a transmission electron microscope and a magnetic resonance imaging desktop system to the international iberian nanotechnology laboratory
The tenders consists of 2 Lots:
Lot 1: 200 kV Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) with Cryo and Tomography capabilities.
Lot 2: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Desktop System

Prazo de entrega

O prazo para a recepção das propostas era 2014-06-27. O concurso foi publicado em 2014-05-02.

Fornecedores

Os seguintes fornecedores são mencionados nas decisões de adjudicação ou noutros documentos de contratação:

Quem? O quê? Onde?
Histórico de aquisições
Data Documento
2014-05-02 Anúncio de concurso
2014-05-16 Informações complementares
2014-08-17 Anúncio de adjudicação
2014-08-20 Informações complementares
Anúncio de concurso (2014-05-02)
Objecto
Âmbito do concurso
Título: Microscópio electrónico de transmissão
Quantidade ou extensão:
One Transmission Electron Microscope and One Magnetic Resonance Imaging Desktop System.1 275 000
Valor total do procedimento: 800 000 💰
Metadados do anúncio
Idioma original: inglês 🗣️
Tipo de documento: Anúncio de concurso
Natureza do contrato: Fornecimentos
Regulamento: União Europeia
Vocabulário comum para os contratos públicos (CPV)
Código: Microscópio electrónico de transmissão 📦

Procedimento
Tipo de procedimento: Concurso público
Tipo de proposta: Apresentação de uma proposta relativa a um ou mais lotes
Critérios de atribuição
Proposta economicamente mais vantajosa

Entidade adjudicante
Identidade
País: Portugal 🇵🇹
Tipo de autoridade adjudicante: Instituição Europeia/Agência ou organização internacional
Nome da autoridade adjudicante: INL, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Endereço postal: Avenida Mestre José Veiga
Código postal: 4715 330
Cidade postal: Braga
Contacto
Endereço Internet: http://www.inl.int 🌏
Correio electrónico: adrian.watson@inl.int 📧
Telefone: +351 253140112 📞
Fax: +351 253140119 📠

Referência
Datas
Data de envio: 2014-05-02 📅
Prazo de apresentação: 2014-06-27 📅
Data de publicação: 2014-05-07 📅
Identificadores
Número do anúncio: 2014/S 088-153563
Número JO-S: 88

Objecto
Âmbito do concurso
Breve descrição:
The subject matter of this contract is the supply and installation of a transmission electron microscope and a magnetic resonance imaging desktop system to the international iberian nanotechnology laboratory
The tenders consists of 2 Lots:
Lot 1: 200 kV Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) with Cryo and Tomography capabilities.
Lot 2: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Desktop System
Número do lote: 1
Designação do lote: LOT 1: 200 kV Cryo and tomography transmission electron microscope
Breve descrição:
Lot 1 is a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) with Cryo and Tomography capabilities. It will be devoted to imaging a wide range of samples, as well as to imaging samples at low temperature, and to do tomography studies. It is expected to be very flexible and have high reliability and fast operation in order to maximize the number of analyzed samples in the shortest possible time. This system is expected to be digitally controlled and equipped with a computerized and motorized
goniometer.Technical Specifications:— 200 kV Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) mounting a thermionic gun.— Digitally controlled microscope. Components like the electron gun, optical elements, vacuum system, stage etc., must be controlled by software.— User interface to control the microscope with the possibility to automatically recall all optimized operating conditions including lens settings, gun parameters, optical alignments for all the different techniques such as TEM imaging, STEM imaging, Diffraction, CBED, and X-rays spectroscopy.Microscope Column and Electron – Optics:— High Tension range: up to 200 kV, adjustable at least in steps or in preferred values.— LaB6 thermionic cathode.— 120 kV and 200 kV fully aligned at delivery.— Objective lens optimized for high contrast imaging or for high tilt—— Point resolution: 0.27 nm, or better.—— Magnification range: up to 700 kx or better.— Lenses setups that allow for conventional TEM, HRTEM and STEM imaging modes.Stage and Specimen Chamber— Computerized, 5 axes motorized.— Movements:—— +/- 1 mm on X-Y plane or better.—— +/-0.2 mm on Z direction, or better.—— Maximum attainable tilt angle: +/-70º or better.— Suitable sample holder for single tilt tomography.Digital Imaging Recording:— Side mount annular camera:—— Suitable for ADF and HAADF imaging.—— Controlled via a user-friendly software interface.— Bottom mount digital camera:—— High sensitivity optimized for cryo samples.—— Resolution: 4k x 4k, or better.—— Pixel size: 15 x 15 µm, or better.—— Dynamic range: 16 bit, or better.—— Controlled via a user-friendly software interface.X-rays Energy Dispersive Spectrometer:— Large-Area Silicon Drift Detector.— 0-20keV energy range, or better.— 130 eV energy resolution, or better.— Suitable software for spectra treatment and quantification.— Controlled via a user-friendly software interface.Cryo:— Nitrogen cooled device to shield the specimen against residual gases, to reduce the ice growth rate on cold specimens inside the device.— Low dose exposure technique to minimize the sample damage by the electron beam.Tomography:— Tomography Data Acquisition Software.— High Field-of-View Single-Tilt Tomography Holder.Vacuum System— Preferably fully interlocked differentially pumped column.— Gun and column area pumped separately preferably by Ion Getter Pumps.— Cooling device with cold trap and liquid nitrogen Dewar in the objective lens block to maintain the cleanliness of the vacuum.— Automated routine allowing the column to be pumped during warm-up cycle of the cooling device.Auxiliary Systems— Cooling unit.— Compressor.Software and Control— Software and hardware to control and operate the microscope, including two monitors.
goniometer.
Technical Specifications:
— 200 kV Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) mounting a thermionic gun.
— Digitally controlled microscope. Components like the electron gun, optical elements, vacuum system, stage etc., must be controlled by software.
— User interface to control the microscope with the possibility to automatically recall all optimized operating conditions including lens settings, gun parameters, optical alignments for all the different techniques such as TEM imaging, STEM imaging, Diffraction, CBED, and X-rays spectroscopy.
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Microscope Column and Electron – Optics:
— High Tension range: up to 200 kV, adjustable at least in steps or in preferred values.
— LaB6 thermionic cathode.
— 120 kV and 200 kV fully aligned at delivery.
— Objective lens optimized for high contrast imaging or for high tilt
—— Point resolution: 0.27 nm, or better.
—— Magnification range: up to 700 kx or better.
— Lenses setups that allow for conventional TEM, HRTEM and STEM imaging modes.
Stage and Specimen Chamber
— Computerized, 5 axes motorized.
— Movements:
—— +/- 1 mm on X-Y plane or better.
—— +/-0.2 mm on Z direction, or better.
—— Maximum attainable tilt angle: +/-70º or better.
— Suitable sample holder for single tilt tomography.
Digital Imaging Recording:
— Side mount annular camera:
—— Suitable for ADF and HAADF imaging.
—— Controlled via a user-friendly software interface.
— Bottom mount digital camera:
—— High sensitivity optimized for cryo samples.
—— Resolution: 4k x 4k, or better.
—— Pixel size: 15 x 15 µm, or better.
—— Dynamic range: 16 bit, or better.
X-rays Energy Dispersive Spectrometer:
— Large-Area Silicon Drift Detector.
— 0-20keV energy range, or better.
— 130 eV energy resolution, or better.
— Suitable software for spectra treatment and quantification.
— Controlled via a user-friendly software interface.
Cryo:
— Nitrogen cooled device to shield the specimen against residual gases, to reduce the ice growth rate on cold specimens inside the device.
— Low dose exposure technique to minimize the sample damage by the electron beam.
Tomography:
— Tomography Data Acquisition Software.
— High Field-of-View Single-Tilt Tomography Holder.
Vacuum System
— Preferably fully interlocked differentially pumped column.
— Gun and column area pumped separately preferably by Ion Getter Pumps.
— Cooling device with cold trap and liquid nitrogen Dewar in the objective lens block to maintain the cleanliness of the vacuum.
— Automated routine allowing the column to be pumped during warm-up cycle of the cooling device.
Auxiliary Systems
— Cooling unit.
— Compressor.
Software and Control
— Software and hardware to control and operate the microscope, including two monitors.
Quantidade ou extensão: One
Número do lote: 2
Designação do lote: Lot 2: Magnetic resonance imaging desktop system
Breve descrição:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems allow the obtaining of preclinical and molecular imaging in biomedical and pharmaceutical research, as well as evaluation of the suitability of chemical compounds as contrast agents for MRI. In particular, cryogenic-free and compact MRI systems constitute affordable techniques for routine MR imaging with translational results to
clinics.Technical Specifications:1- Plug & Play installation.2- Compact tool design requiring maximum free space for installation around 4 m2.3- No high- and radio-frequency shielding required4- Magnet system:— The system must have a permanent magnet without cryogenic liquids.— The field strength must be at least 1.0 T— The bore diameter must be at least 70 mm5- Solenoid volume probes for both mice and rats must be included.6- Gradient:— Air cooled and eddy current free gradient set including high power gradient amplifier.— The system must have 3 shim channels (linear via gradient), Z0 digital.— Frequency corrections should be available (prospective linear and non-linear drift corrections)7- Electronics:— The Frequency resolution of the system must be <0.005 Hz with Phase resolution <0.006° and Bandwidth of the RF transmitter between 40-50 MHz— Trigger channels should be included to control external devices or triggered data acquisition by external events (i. e. ECG and respiratory signals)8- RF Coils:— The equipment should include all the necessary RF coils to cover in-vitro (phantoms, contrast agents) and in-vivo (mice, rats) experiments, involving head and body imaging.9- Equipment must include physiological signals monitoring (ECG, respiratory, body temperature signals) and temperature conditioning units for small rodents.— Anyway, morphological and functional imaging with free breathing and without triggering on ECG and respiration must be possible of performing.10- Sample holders:— Animals beds available— Animal position system available11- Acquisition workplace included (PC, monitor, keyboard, etc.).12- Software (methods, protocols, sequences, etc.) for data acquisition should be included, multiuser and friendly experimental operation:— Methods and protocols required for T1/T2 based MRI contrasts (T1/T2 mapping) and MR relaxometry as well as diffusion weighted MRI, should be available.— Methods required for rapid echo-planar and short echo time sample imaging should be available.— Simultaneous acquisition of several slices with difference angulations should be available.— Pre-optimized protocols for in-vivo experiments (mice and rats) should be available.— Both 2D and 3D images should be possible.— Movie generation function should be available.— An integrated sequence development (programming) environment should be available13- The system must enable DICOM export and import from other imaging modalities.14- Product installation and training by a manufacture specialist should be included (at least 3 days training).
clinics.
1- Plug & Play installation.
2- Compact tool design requiring maximum free space for installation around 4 m
3- No high- and radio-frequency shielding required
4- Magnet system:
— The system must have a permanent magnet without cryogenic liquids.
— The field strength must be at least 1.0 T
— The bore diameter must be at least 70 mm
5- Solenoid volume probes for both mice and rats must be included.
6- Gradient:
— Air cooled and eddy current free gradient set including high power gradient amplifier.
— The system must have 3 shim channels (linear via gradient), Z0 digital.
— Frequency corrections should be available (prospective linear and non-linear drift corrections)
7- Electronics:
— The Frequency resolution of the system must be <0.005 Hz with Phase resolution <0.006° and Bandwidth of the RF transmitter between 40-50 MHz
— Trigger channels should be included to control external devices or triggered data acquisition by external events (i. e. ECG and respiratory signals)
8- RF Coils:
— The equipment should include all the necessary RF coils to cover in-vitro (phantoms, contrast agents) and in-vivo (mice, rats) experiments, involving head and body imaging.
9- Equipment must include physiological signals monitoring (ECG, respiratory, body temperature signals) and temperature conditioning units for small rodents.
— Anyway, morphological and functional imaging with free breathing and without triggering on ECG and respiration must be possible of performing.
10- Sample holders:
— Animals beds available
— Animal position system available
11- Acquisition workplace included (PC, monitor, keyboard, etc.).
12- Software (methods, protocols, sequences, etc.) for data acquisition should be included, multiuser and friendly experimental operation:
— Methods and protocols required for T1/T2 based MRI contrasts (T1/T2 mapping) and MR relaxometry as well as diffusion weighted MRI, should be available.
— Methods required for rapid echo-planar and short echo time sample imaging should be available.
— Simultaneous acquisition of several slices with difference angulations should be available.
— Pre-optimized protocols for in-vivo experiments (mice and rats) should be available.
— Both 2D and 3D images should be possible.
— Movie generation function should be available.
— An integrated sequence development (programming) environment should be available
13- The system must enable DICOM export and import from other imaging modalities.
14- Product installation and training by a manufacture specialist should be included (at least 3 days training).
Quantidade ou extensão:
One Transmission Electron Microscope and One Magnetic Resonance Imaging Desktop System.
Número de referência: Aw/pf
Nome do projeto ou programa financiado pela UE:
This project will be co-financed by The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), namely through The Programa Operacional Regional do Norte ON.2 (Portugal).
Local de actuação
Local principal ou local de actuação: Avenida Mestre José Veiga, Braga 4715-330, Portugal.

Informações jurídicas, económicas, financeiras e técnicas
Execução do contrato
Depósitos e garantias exigidos: Bank Guarantee 10 % of Contract Value for Duration of the Warranty Period.

Procedimento
Línguas
Língua: inglês 🗣️

Entidade adjudicante
Contacto
Ponto de contacto: http://inl.int/contractors_projects?section=contract-opportunities
Adrian Watson
Endereço Internet: www.inl.int 🌏
Endereço do perfil de comprador: http://inl.int/contractors/info 🌏
URL dos documentos: http://inl.int/contractors_projects?section=contract-opportunities 🌏

Referência
Identificadores
Número de referência atribuído pela autoridade adjudicante: Aw/pf
Fonte: OJS 2014/S 088-153563 (2014-05-02)
Informações complementares (2014-05-16)
Objecto
Metadados do anúncio
Tipo de documento: Informações complementares

Referência
Datas
Data de envio: 2014-05-16 📅
Prazo de apresentação: 2014-07-06 📅
Data de publicação: 2014-05-21 📅
Identificadores
Número do anúncio: 2014/S 097-168921
Refere-se ao anúncio: 2014/S 88-153563
Número JO-S: 97
Fonte: OJS 2014/S 097-168921 (2014-05-16)
Anúncio de adjudicação (2014-08-17)
Objecto
Âmbito do concurso
Valor total do procedimento: 1 041 250,50 💰
Metadados do anúncio
Tipo de documento: Anúncio de adjudicação

Procedimento
Tipo de proposta: Não consta

Referência
Datas
Data de envio: 2014-08-17 📅
Data de publicação: 2014-08-20 📅
Identificadores
Número do anúncio: 2014/S 158-284346
Número JO-S: 158

Procedimento
Critérios de atribuição
Critério: 1. Technical Specifications (25)
2. Basis of installed tools, tool data sheets (10)
3. Global appreciation (5)
4. Price (30)
5. Payment conditions (5)
6. Warranty (5)
7. Maintenance and service contracts (5)
8. Technical Training (5)
9. Delivery Time (5)
10. Improvements (5)

Adjudicação do contrato

1️⃣
Data de celebração do contrato: 2014-07-30 📅
Nome: Izasa Portugal - Distribuições Técnicas, Lda.
Endereço postal: Rua do Proletariado N.º 1
Cidade postal: Carnaxide
Código postal: 2790-138
País: Portugal 🇵🇹
Correio electrónico: concursos@izasa.pt 📧
Endereço Internet: http://www.izasa.pt/ 🌏

2️⃣
Nome: MR Solutions Ltd
Endereço postal: Unit 1H, Merrow Business Park
Cidade postal: Guildford
Código postal: GU4 7WA
País: Reino Unido 🇬🇧
Correio electrónico: information@mrsolutions.com 📧
Endereço Internet: www.mrsolutions.co.uk 🌏
Informações sobre concursos
Número de propostas recebidas: 2

Referência
Identificadores
Número do aviso no JO S: 2014/S 97-168921
Fonte: OJS 2014/S 158-284346 (2014-08-17)
Informações complementares (2014-08-20)
Referência
Datas
Data de envio: 2014-08-20 📅
Data de publicação: 2014-08-22 📅
Identificadores
Número do anúncio: 2014/S 160-287069
Refere-se ao anúncio: 2014/S 158-284346
Número JO-S: 160
Fonte: OJS 2014/S 160-287069 (2014-08-20)