Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1443848585
E-mail: diane.bird2@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKL15
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.procurement.wales.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Guaiac Faecal Occult Blood Kits and FIT [Faecal immunochemical Test
Reference number: itt_54771
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38911000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Public Health Wales Trust and Northern Ireland Bowel Screening Programmes are seeking a supplier for forguaiac and immunochemical faecal occult blood test kits (gFOBT) and Faecal immunochemical Test (FIT)
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
357 488.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Guaiac Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOB)
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38911000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL15
Main site or place of performance:
Bowel Screening Wales, Public Health Wales, Unit 6, Green Meadow, Llantrisant CF72 8XT
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
PHW and NWSSP will undertake a collaborative tender exercise on behalf of N Ireland and Wales for Bowel Screening Test Kits.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Analytical detection limit must be evidenced
/ Weighting: 16
Quality criterion: 100 kits must be provided to the client before delivery
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: provide gFOBT kits for the duration of the contract made with the guaiac component from a single lot
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: evidence of the consistency of the analytical detection limit
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: The supplier must commit to work with the client to achieve a continuous improvement
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: The faecal collection technique must use cardboard applicators
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: The supplier must provide 100 sample gFOBT kits
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: The supplier must guarantee that the gFOBT kits plus all associated materials can be sent through the normal UK postal service
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: The supplier must provide written analytical Standard Operating Procedures in a form acceptable to UKAS
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: All materials, including kits, sample applicators, and foil envelope, must be able to be packed using commercial envelope filling equipment
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: The gFOBT kit must allow accurate analysis at least 21 days after first collection
/ Weighting: 11
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Faecal immunochemical Test (FIT)
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38911000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL15
Main site or place of performance:
Bowel Screening Wales, Public Health Wales, Unit 6, Green Meadow, Llantrisant CF72 8XT
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
PHW and NWSSP will undertake a collaborative tender exercise on behalf of N Ireland and Wales for Bowel Screening Test Kits
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The supplier must provide numerical experimental evidence of the analytical detection limit
/ Weighting: 16
Quality criterion: For each lot of collection devices, specimen preparation tubes and immunochemical test cassettes to be provided
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: The supplier must be able to provide all three component systems of the FIT kits with a single lot number
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: Analytical detection limit must be 50ng haemoglobin/mL buffer
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: The supplier must commit to work with the client to achieve a continuous improvement of the FIT kit
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: The supplier must provide written analytical Standard Operating Procedures in a form acceptable to UKAS
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: All materials, including kits, sample applicators, and foil envelope, must be able to be packed using commercial envelope filling equipment
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: The FIT collection device should allow accurate analysis at least 21 days after first collection
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: The supplier must provide written analytical Standard Operating Procedures in a form acceptable to UKAS
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: The faecal collection technique must use cardboard applicators
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: All materials, including kits, sample applicators, and foil envelope, must be able to be packed using commercial envelope
/ Weighting: 6
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 029-046529
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Guaiac Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOB)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/09/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alpha Laboratories Ltd
40 Parham Drive, Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 4NU
UK
Telephone: +44 2380487209
E-mail: info@alphalabs.co.uk
NUTS: UKL1
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 178 744.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Faecal immunochemical Test (FIT)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/09/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alpha Laboratories Ltd
40 Parham Drive, Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 4NU
UK
Telephone: +44 2380487209
E-mail: sales@alphalabs.co.uk
NUTS: UKL1
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.alphalabs.co.uk/contact-us
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 178 744.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:54630)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1443848585
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.procurement.wales.nhs.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/09/2016