Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
DAERA Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute — Veterinary Sciences Division
AFBI Stormont, 12 Stoney Road, Stormont
Belfast
BT4 3SD
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: info@afbini.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.afbini.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
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
ID 2867826 DAC 50/20 DAERA AFBI — Supply and Delivery of Real-time Reverse Transcriptase Polymearse Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Reagents and Commercial Kits for Covid-19 Testing
Reference number: ID 2867826 DAC 50/20
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
It has been agreed that DAERA AFBI will assist with the Covid-19 testing process. AFBI’s testing will be carried out at the AFBI Stormont ISO 17025 Lab facility. The requirement is for Real-time Reverse Transcriptase Polymearse Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) reagents and commercial kits for Covid-19 testing which will be used for detecting viral RNA from the extracted sample.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
924 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
It has been agreed that DAERA AFBI will assist with the Covid-19 testing process. AFBI’s testing will be carried out at the AFBI Stormont ISO 17025 Lab facility. The requirement is for Real-time Reverse Transcriptase Polymearse Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) reagents and commercial kits for Covid-19 testing which will be used for detecting viral RNA from the extracted sample.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation
AFBI have been designated a testing centre for Covid-19 which poses a risk to life. Regulation 32(2)(c) of the PCRs apply as detailed below:
The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for ...public supply contracts... (c) insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/04/2020
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Life Technologies Ltd
3 Fountain Drive
Renfrew
PA4 9RF
UK
Telephone: +44 1418146100
E-mail: uktenders@thermofisher.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.thermofisher.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 924 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
As above
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/04/2020