Matched Refractive Index System

This open invitation for suppliers is intended to allow interested firms, who are capable of developing the facility outlined in the PIN, the opportunity to share their expertise and insight on the requirement. Through this preliminary market consultation the University hopes to gain valuable insight that we can use in the planning and conduct of the procurement procedure. The primary objectives of this process are:

•To allow suppliers to submit innovative ideas that can influence the procurement stage of the project •Assist the University in packaging the procurement(s) to maximise competition and ensure sufficient market interest in the procurement (s) •To understand which organisations may be interest in supplying some or all of the requirement •To determine any particular risks and issues that need to be further considered

This is not a call for competition as described in Regulation 26 (8) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The estimated cost excluding VAT is a range between GBP 480,000.00 and GBP 600,000.00.

Additional information: This Prior Information Notice (PIN) will be conducted electronically and documents can be downloaded from the web portal (In-Tend) provided earlier in this notice. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton.

If you are not already registered as a supplier with the In-Tend Portal, you will need to register before accessing the documents.

Once you have logged in as a supplier, click on current tenders and locate the documents by clicking on the reference number. Further instructions for the submission of your response are below. (Please note, to preserve the integrity of the procedure, all queries must made be via In-Tend).

To submit your return, please follow the instructions below:

1. Log In 2. My Tenders 3. View Tender Details 4. View Documents 5. Browse and Upload each part of your return (or Zip File) 6. Once ALL your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the - My Documents for Return - use - Submit My Return -.

You are only permitted to submit once.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton/aspx/