Chemical analysis and related services for bedrock, exploration and geochemical surveys

Geologian tutkimuskeskus (in English: the Geological Survey of Finland, "GTK") invites you to tender for the public contract according to the contract notice, this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") and its Appendices. Tenderers failing to satisfy the minimum requirements set by the contracting authority shall be excluded from participation in competitive bidding. Tenders are requested for chemical analysis and related services. These services constitute a substantial part of GTK’s survey activities. GTK will enter into co-operation agreement on the grounds of this purchasing procedure. The scope and objective of the awarding of the public contracts to be signed are: Analytical services for bedrock, exploration and geochemical surveys The analytical services for bedrock, exploration and geochemical surveys consist of preprocessing (drying, sieving, crushing, pulverizing) and chemical analyses of drill cores, rock samples, and geochemical samples (e.g. till, regolith). See more information in the tender documentation classified as (A1-A9, Pricing list, Explanatory document, Acceptance rejection test) under Appendix 1. Analyzing services will include the preparations and/or pre-processing of samples to be analyzed. The tenderer will also be responsible to arrange reception of the samples in territory of Finland as detailed in this ITT and all logistics involved with the samples from the reception point to the analysis facilities. The tenderer is also responsible for arranging the logistics for the samples to be returned to the individual order specific GTK facility. The requested services are described in detail under Appendices 1 A 1-9 to this Invitation to Tender. Additional information related to the Quality Assurance and associated procedures are described in Appendix 2. Please note that many of the appendices are to be filled in and returned as tender documents as they will be part of the evaluation of compliance with this Invitation to Tender. Note that also the tender document for pricing is included. Please also make sure that you attach all other documents as required in this ITT. The tenderer must ensure that the service may be requested from named Contact persons for different service sectors at least in the Finnish or English language as applicable. Please see more infomation in the appendixes of this notice.

Please notice that the content in this procurement notice is unchanged compared to the previously published notice with the same numbering, publication date 7.6.2024 and deadline 15.8.2024. The dates have been changed and the mandatory attachments to be downloaded have been added based on the detected defects according the suspension decision published on 18.9.2024. The laboratory candidates reaching 60/100 scores in the second bidding phase are requested to participate in mandatory Acceptance/Rejection Test which monitors the laboratory performance. The test environment will assess the accuracy, bias and precision of the analytical results. Please see more information in the appendixes of this notice.