OPPORTUNITY:

UTS is seeking to establish a contract for the provision of supply and ongoing services of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) instrument. The instrument is intended to support the variety of research and teaching activities whilst used by trained UTS staff and students as defined in the Statement of Requirement of this RFT. The successful tenderer is also expected to provide supporting services, in coordination with UTS, in a timely manner to ensure sufficient uptime of the equipment.

UTS requirements for the FE-SEM with high resolution capabilities capable of imaging conducting and non-conducting materials from micro to nanoscale, are inclusive of:

- Vacuum system (for both, high and low application).

- EDS system (Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy).

- Cooling system (Chiller).

- Control Software system (Graphical User Interface, data acquisition, image analysis and elemental mapping).

- System designed for ease of use and analytical investigations.

RFT OBJECTIVES:

The objectives for this acquisition are:

- Ensuring safety of UTS staff/students, enhancing efficiencies and delivering quality of service to UTS.

- Ensure the best overall value for money outcome for UTS. This includes assessment of both compliance with mandatory requirements and performance against weighted evaluation criteria and reduction the total life cost of the system and associated deliverables;

- To secure professional ongoing warranty, maintenance and other support services for the Systems.

- Effective management of risks;

- Compliance with all applicable laws, standards, codes, and policies;

- On time delivery.

UTS is not bound to accept the lowest priced tender or any part of a submission and reserves the right to conduct the Request for Tender process and select the successful respondent(s) as it sees fit. Late, verbal, faxed, mailed, or emailed submissions will not be accepted.