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Acquisition and maintenance of an asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation system.
JRC/IPR/2012/I.4/023/OC

The Nanobioscience (NBS) Unit of of the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP), JRC of the European Commission is launching a call for tender for the acquisition and maintenance of an asymmetric flow field flow fractionation system.

Part of the NBS Unit activities are focused on the detection and measurement of nanoparticles in complex matrices such as food and consumers products. In this frame, the IHCP intend to buy an Asymmetric-Flow Field Flow Fractionation (AFFFF) system for the size measurement and characterization of nanoparticles in solution.

  • Type
    Open Call
  • Institute/Directorate
    IHCP

Business sector (CPV)

  • 50000000: Repair and maintenance services
  • 38340000: Instruments for measuring quantities

References

  • Contract notice
    OJ/S 132-218280 of 12/07/2012
  • Launch date
    02/07/2012
  • Documents available until
    07/09/2012
  • Deadline date for submitting Questions
    31/08/2012
  • Tender deadline
    07/09/2012
  • Date of opening of offers
    14/09/2012 10:00

Tendering documents

Contacts between the contracting authority and tenderers are prohibited throughout the procedure save in exceptional circumstances and under the following conditions only:

Before the final date for submission of tenders:
  • At the request of the tenderer, the contracting authority may provide additional information solely for the purpose of clarifying the nature of the contract.
  • Any requests for additional information must be made in writing only to jrc-ihcp-procurement@ec.europa.eu. Requests for additional information received less than five working days before the closing date for submission of tenders will not be processed (for practical reasons).
  • The Commission may, on its own initiative, inform interested parties of any error, inaccuracy, omission or any other clerical error in the text of the call for tenders.
  • Any additional information including that referred to above will be made available on this site (tenderers who have requested the specification) (candidates invited to tender).
After the opening of tenders:
  • If clarification is required or if obvious clerical errors in the tender need to be corrected, the contracting authority may contact the tenderer provided the terms of the tender are not modified as a result.
  • In case of negotiated procedure, the contracting authority may negotiate with tenderers the offers they have submitted, in order to adapt them to the requirements set out in the contract notice, tender specifications or any additional document and in order to find the tender offering best value for money. During negotiations equal treatment of all tenderers will be ensured.

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