Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 04.03.2021

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Empa Dübendorf
Procurement authority/Organizer: Empa,  attn Oertig Martin, Ueberlandstrasse 129,  8600  Dübendorf,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  WTO@empa.ch

1.2 Type of contracting authority

Decentralized federal administration - public-legal organizations of the federation and other supporting organisations assuming federal tasks

1.3 Type of procedure

Open procedure

1.4 Type of order

Supply order

1.5 Scope of international treaties

Yes

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Project title of the acquisition

Scanning Probe Microscope, UHV

Subject and scope of the contract :  The subject of this tender is a low-temperature (<7K), ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) scanning probe mi-croscope system with high numeric aperture optical access. The system facilitates state-of-the-art scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and tuning fork based noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM). The system will be combined with an optical setup (not part of this tender) to detect time-resolved electron tunneling using phase-stable, single-cycle THz pulses to explore ultrafast pro-cesses at atomic resolution.

2.2 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	38514200 - Scanning probe microscopes

3. Decision of acceptance

3.1 Award criteria

According to the invitation to tender

3.2 Tenderer considered

Name: CreaTec Fischer & Co. GmbH, Industriestrasse 9,  74391  Erligheim,  Germany
Price (total price):  EUR 641'000.00 with 7.7% VAT

4. Other information

4.1 Invitation to tender

Publications from: 27.11.2020
Organ of publication: Simap
Number of publication 1166415

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 02.03.2021

4.3 Number of offers received

Number of offers: 2

4.5 Procedures for appeal

In accordance with Article 56 paragraph 1 of the Public Procurement Act (PPA), a written appeal against this decision can be lodged with the Federal Administrative Court, P.O. Box, 9023 St. Gallen, Switzerland, within 20 days of notification. Any appeal is to be submitted in duplicate and must include what is being sought, the grounds for appeal, evidence and the signature of the person lodging the appeal or his or her representative. A copy of this decision and available evidence must be included.
The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) on legal holidays do not apply in accordance with Article 56 paragraph 2 of the PPA.