Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Genomics England Limited
One Canada Square
London
E14 5AB
UK
Telephone: +44 2078825030
E-mail: supplier.engagement@genomicsengland.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.genomicsengland.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
Pre-Term Birth Recruitment
Reference number: GEL-RE-704-24
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98113000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Recruitment of participants to a national diversity and genomic pre-term birth project
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 300 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
75122000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provide critical resource at recruiting sites to ensure study set up is completed in a timely fashion, through the provision of operations and logistics support.
Provide critical resourcing, through research midwives, for the consenting (prospectively) and reconsenting (retrospectively) of participants in preterm birth clinics.
Provide the best possible route to ensuring that a meaningful number of participants are recruited into the study, increasing the likelihood of impactful, and translational research.
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
Negotiated procedure without prior publication
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Contracting Authority (i) has a legal personality; (ii) is mainly funded by the Department of Health and Social Care; and (iii) has been established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, and does not have an industrial or commercial character and therefore meets the definition of a "body governed by public law" under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("PCR"). The PCR covers "public contracts" which means contracts for pecuniary interest which have as their object the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services. The Contract is a services contract under PCR, therefore, caught by the PCR and therefore bound to follow public procurement rules.
Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) PCR describes the single operator exclusion and is the premise for this award without prior publication. This specific exclusion relates to a requirement to access a national network for pre-term birth, which is run by Imperial College. As such the services in question cannot be obtained by any other economic operator.
The Contracting Authority will enter into a contract with Imperial College London following the conclusion of a minimum 10 day standstill period from the date of issue of this notice. The 10 day standstill period will end on 07/05/20224 at 23.59 BST, enabling a contract to be signed on 08/05/2024.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: GEL-RE-704-24
Title: Pre-Term Birth Recruitment
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
24/04/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Imperial College London
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
1 300 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/04/2024