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The Metropolitan Police Service

THE SUPPLY OF DUCTLESS LABORATORY CABINETS

Community ServicesCPV 33950000
Value£270k
Deadline2 Aug 2022
Published6 Jul 2022
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 6 Jul 2022ClosedCloses 2 Aug 2022
Who to contact
Emma Rice
Emma.Rice@met.police.uk
+44 7554223135

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Contract value in context
£270ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

The Authority as the contracting authority is tendering for the supply of Ductless Laboratory Cabinets including the fitting and maintenance during the life of the Goods and disposal of previous cabinets (the Goods and Services) to the MPS.

The MPS/Authority is seeking through this tendering process to award a contract with a suitably capable Bidder to provide these Goods and Services for an initial term of 36 months and a unilateral option of the MPS/Authority to extend for further periods up to a maximum of 24 months.

The Contracting Authority requires the supply and installation of 29 ductless laboratory cabinets (including maintenance during their expected life) and the decommissioning of existing cabinets.

The required products are as follows; 15 x 800mm wide ductless fume cabinets 3 x 1800mm wide ductless fume cabinets 11 x 1200mm wide bio-safety cabinets - Class II Decommissioning must be managed to ensure minimal operational impacts to the Contracting Authority and will be carried out in a manner which ensures the ethical and safe disposal of the 29 existing Labcaire (+) ductless fume hoods and class II biologic safety cabinets which have reached their end of life.

The Supplier will be responsible for the logistics of decommissioning twenty-nine (29) cabinets and commissioning / installing twenty-nine (29) cabinets over (ideally) a 6-month period.

The Supplier will also provide extensive product and H&S knowledge to ensure a smooth transition, with little or no loss of business continuity and in accordance with ISO17025 for calibration, recalibration and cleaning of the equipment and laboratory.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Contracting Authority requires the supply

The Contracting Authority requires the supply and installation of 29 ductless laboratory cabinets (including maintenance during their expected life) and the decommissioning of existing cabinets.

02

Decommissioning must be managed to ensure minimal

Decommissioning must be managed to ensure minimal operational impacts to the Contracting Authority and will be carried out in a manner which ensures the ethical and safe disposal of the 29 existing Labcaire (+) ductless fume hoods and class II biologic safety cabinets which have reached their end of life.

03

The Supplier will be responsible for

The Supplier will be responsible for the logistics of decommissioning twenty-nine (29) cabinets and commissioning / installing twenty-nine (29) cabinets over (ideally) a 6-month period.

04

The Supplier will also provide extensive product

The Supplier will also provide extensive product and H&S knowledge to ensure a smooth transition, with little or no loss of business continuity and in accordance with ISO17025 for calibration, recalibration and cleaning of the equipment and laboratory.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

The Supplier will also provide extensive product and H&S knowledge to ensure a smooth transition, with little or no loss of business continuity and in accordance with ISO17025 for calibration, recalibration and cleaning of the equipment and laboratory.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03070f
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
018558-2022
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