Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
UK Biobank Ltd
1-2 Spectrum Way, Adswood
Stockport
SK3 0SA
UK
Telephone: +44 1614755386
E-mail: tenders@ukbiobank.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA25607
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
Informatics Service
Reference number: UKBB008
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72310000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
UK Biobank is issuing this tender to invite bids to supply large-scale, specialist Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) vanguard informatics, for provision of services for core informatics, sample QA/QC and batch reporting and cohort QA/QC and processing of data to make them research ready, for up to 44 800 genomes.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 134 368.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD35
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
UK Biobank is seeking to put in place specialist informatics for the Whole Genome Sequencing vanguard phase, by which the sequencing data generated can be appropriately:
— received, reviewed for data and meta-data quality and integrity, and accepted,
— processed to derive sample-level outputs that will maximise utility to the research community, and
— integrated and quality-controlled at the cohort-level to prepare a research-ready dataset (for example, appropriate for genome-wide association analysis or rare-variant burden testing using common tools).
The successful supplier will receive sequencing output, process these data based on the requirements outlined within this technical specification and provide deliverable data back to UK Biobank.
UK Biobank has tendered separately for research data storage services to provide long-term storage, access and distribution of these data to the research community and this is outside the scope of services requested here.
The successful supplier must have experience of and capacity to, supporting projects that involved informatics services at scale.
During the course of service delivery, industry developments and advice from UK Biobank’s WGS Expert Working Group may suggest changes to the file formats used and/or aspects of the pipeline configuration (both minor and major versions changes and/or alternative or additional pipelines). The successful supplier will need to be able to accommodate any such changes (and which would be agreed and implemented through the project’s change control process).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical requirements
/ Weighting: 35
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Cohort-Level QA/QC and research readiness
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ 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:
2019/S 020-043469
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/03/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Seven Bridges
529 Main Street, Suite 6601
Charlestown
19002
US
Telephone: +001 2154707643
NUTS: 00
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 134 368.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The full tender documents can be downloaded from www.mytenders.co.uk
Completed bids must be submitted though the www.mytenders.co.uk portal.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders web site at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=214265
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the postbox facility.
A user guide is available at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(MT Ref:215541)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
UK Biobank Ltd
1-2 Spectrum Way, Adswood
Stockport
SK3 0SA
UK
Telephone: +44 1614755386
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/04/2019