Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board, Woodlands House, Maes-Y-Coed Road
Cardiff
CF14 4HH
UK
Contact person: Emma Lane
Telephone: +44 02921836450
E-mail: emma.lane@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Address of the buyer profile: https://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
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Array Reagents and Platform
Reference number: CAV-OJEU-PROJECT45869
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33696500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board who were seeking to establish a contract for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Array Reagents and Platform
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
950 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33696500
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Welsh External Quality Assurance Service [WEQAS]
Llanishen, Cardiff
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The All Wales Medical Genomics Service (AWMGS) diagnostic laboratory provides a comprehensive genetics service for the population of Wales, as well as offering specialist services which are accessed by clinicians worldwide. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board hosts AWMGS, which is currently based at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff.
The laboratory service has procured a single array platform that is suitable for both germline and acquired copy number analysis using DNA extracted from a variety of sample types including (but not limited to) blood, amniotic fluid, bone marrow and other tissue types. The solution proposed by the bidder should have evidence of utility for these different applications.
The scanning equipment currently owned by the AWMGS is reaching its end of life and there is no funding available for capital investment. Therefore, in addition to the supply of reagents and any other equipment required to process the solution, the option of a loan scanner is essential for the term of the contract via reagent rental agreement.
AWMGS are looking for bidders to provide the following;-
- Software provided at no additional cost for the duration of the contract.
- Scanner on loan for duration of the contract.
- The scanner will remain the property of the awarded bidder and at the expiry of the contract, the provider will remove the equipment.
- All maintenance and support will be provided by the awarded bidder free of charge throughout the contract duration.
- Should the supplier need to remove the equipment from time to time for maintenance or other reasons, where this occurs equipment of an identical specification will be provided.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Financial
/ Weighting: 30
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:
2020/S 240-594915
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: CAV-OJEU-PROJECT4569
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/08/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
illumina Cambridge Ltd
Chesterford Research Park, Nr Saffron Walden
Essex
CB101XL
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 950 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:113629)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
HIgh Court
Royal Courts of Justice, the strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/08/2021