Maintenance and technical support for a nucleic-acid library mass sequencing platform

Summary

The tender covers up to two years of preventive and corrective maintenance and technical support for the Illumina NextSeq 550 nucleic-acid library sequencing platform at the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies in Tenerife. The contract is not divided into lots and uses a negotiated procedure without publication because the documents state that only the manufacturer or exclusive qualified operator can provide the required service. The contractor must provide at least one preventive visit per contract year, calibration, maintenance certification, hardware and software updates, application support, unlimited corrective repair visits, original replacement parts, affected reagents and consumables, and qualified on-site assistance within two working days of a fault notification. Queries must be answered within four hours during the customer’s working hours. The contract period is a maximum of two years and the estimated value is EUR 83,407.85 including IGIC, with a tender budget of EUR 77,951.26 excluding IGIC. The offer must include the separately stated IGIC and must not exceed the tender budget. The bidder must submit the required European Single Procurement Document, responsible declarations, an exclusivity or patent and trademark registry certificate, a detailed technical description and economic offer. The offer must be submitted electronically in Spanish within 15 calendar days from the day after the invitation is notified. The structured notice does not provide precise turnover, reference or other numerical solvency thresholds; the detailed financial and technical evidence requirements must be checked in the tender documents.