Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Blood and Transplant
North Bristol Park
Filton, Bristol
BS34 7QH
UK
Telephone: +44 1179217241
E-mail: marnie.watkins@nhsbt.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.blood.co.uk
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
Supply and Maintnenance of Cord Blood Cell Separation System
Reference number: NHSBT0982
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Supply and Maintnenance of Cord Blood Cell Separation System.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
283 470.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
1.1. Cord Blood Bank (CBB) forms part of the Specialist Services Directorate of NHSBT. The CBB laboratory provides services to support haematopoietic stem cell transplantation including collection, processing and cryopreservation of cord blood derived stem cells.
1.2. Cord blood is rich in blood stem cells, similar to those found in bone marrow, and these can be used to treat many different cancers, immune deficiencies and genetic disorders. For the transplant to be a success, stem cells taken from the cord blood must match the patient's tissue type as closely as possible.
1.3. The recent report from the UK Stem Cell Strategic Forum sets out a strategy to save an additional 200 lives year by increasing the number of umbilical cord blood units banked in the UK. NHSBT currently banks ~2300 units/annum and will continue to do so until an optimal bank size of 30 000 has been reached by 2020. After which banking will continue at a reduced rate.
1.4. The NHS CBB has been performing plasma and red cell depletion of cord blood prior to cryopreservation since 1997 and has utilised a fully automated centrifugation based processing platform since 2003 and requires a functionally closed, sterile, automated separation system.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical — Pass/Fail
/ Weighting: 65
Quality criterion: Quality — Pass/Fail
/ Weighting: 0
Quality criterion: Delivery performance — Pass/Fail
/ Weighting: 0
Quality criterion: General — Pass/Fail
/ Weighting: 0
Quality criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
Price
/ Weighting:
65
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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2017/S 121-244693
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NHSBT0982
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/04/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Biosafe SA
Eysins
CH
E-mail: info.biosafe@ge.com
NUTS: CH
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 283 470.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
As per VI.4.2 below
Bristol
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Blood and Transplant
500 Northway, North Bristol Park
Filton, Bristol
BS34 7QH
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
As per VI.4.2 above
Bristol
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/04/2018