Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (‘NSS’)
Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
UK
Contact person: Alan Summers
Telephone: +44 1312756511
E-mail: alan.summers@nhs.net
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883
I.1) Name and addresses
Greater Glasgow Health Board
Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street
Glasgow
G4 0SF
UK
Contact person: Alan Summers
Telephone: +44 1312756511
E-mail: alan.summers@nhs.net
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10722
I.1) Name and addresses
Lanarkshire Health Board
NHS Lanarkshire Headquarters, Kirklands, Fallside Road
Bothwell
G71 8BB
UK
Contact person: Alan Summers
Telephone: +44 1312756511
E-mail: alan.summers@nhs.net
NUTS: UKM8
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00297
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint 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
Provision of a Managed Service for Primary Hr-HPV Testing and Cytology-based Triage for NHS Scotland
Reference number: NP1000/18
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71900000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS National Services Scotland was tendering on behalf of Lanarkshire Health Board and Greater Glasgow Health Board (the ‘Health Boards’) for a Managed service contract (the ‘Contract’) for a single contractor for the provision of primary Hr-HPV testing and cervical cytology at the 2 processing laboratories and associated transport of samples to ensure a managed service was delivered for Scotland. Each Health Board has entered into its own contract with the successful contractor.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
21 437 174.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
The service will be delivered from 2 NHS Scotland sites:
— University Hospital Monklands (UHM) within Lanarkshire Health Board,
— Queen Elizabeth University Hospital within Greater Glasgow Health Board.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract was for the implementation and management of primary high risk human papillomavirus (Hr-HPV) testing for cytology based triage to a re-configured scottish cytology screening programme.
Hr-HPV testing will replace cervical cytology as the primary screening method and reflex to cytology-based tests as the triage for women who test positive for high risk human papillomavirus.
The operational service vision for the primary Hr-HPV testing and cytology-based triage service was one which includes supply and provision of all liquid based cytology consumables including the logistics of transferring the sample to the site of laboratory testing. Once in the laboratory, the workflow will be managed electronically from test requesting to reporting through laboratory test result algorithms, with the Hr-HPV testing analyses performed on automated platforms, unidirectionally interfaced to a data management system (Scottish Cervical Call Recall System (SCCRS)) using barcode labelling and primary tube sampling for positive sample identification, sample traceability and archiving to minimise transcription and sample handling errors. Following Hr-HPV testing, selected samples will then undergo cytology based triage with the eventual provision of a definitive result and recommended management in the format of an electronic report.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Cost
/ 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
Restricted 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:
2018/S 179-405692
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NP1000/18
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
06/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hologic Ltd
Heron House, Oaks Business Park, Wythenshawe
Manchester
M23 9HZ
UK
NUTS: UKD3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 21 437 174.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The authority is entitled at its sole discretion to extend the duration of the contracts by up to 60 months.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options — 57 months (from award of the contract).
While the authority was conducting this procurement exercise, upon award of contract each of Greater Glasgow Health Board and Lanarkshire Health Board have entered into separate agreements with the successful contractor for the supply of their specific requirements.
The estimated contract value entered at Section II.1.7) was based on the maximum period of both the contract and all possible extensions.
(SC Ref:593016)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (‘NSS’)
Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
UK
Telephone: +44 1698794540
E-mail: paul.hornby@nhs.net
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The bringing of court proceedings against the authority after the framework agreement has been entered into will not affect the framework agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the framework agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/08/2019