Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University College London Hospitals NHS FT
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
UK
Contact person: Tom Lawson
E-mail: tomlawson@nhs.net
NUTS: UKI31
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://health.atamis.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
http://health.atamis.co.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
http://health.atamis.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
Provision of MRI Scanners and Associated Partnership: Gray’s Inn Road Neuroscience Centre
Reference number: UCLH-2722
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33113100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The contracting authority (UCLH), in conjunction with University College London (UCL), wish to procure MRI scanners for the new UCL/UCLH Gray’s Inn Road Neuroscience Centre currently under construction, with the imaging facility planned to open in Q1 2024.The facility requires six (6) new MRI scanners; a combination of 3T and 7T systems UCL and UCLH are also joining efforts to establish a world leading Quantitative Neuroradiology Innovation and Adoption Centre (QUINIAC) to accelerate the clinical adoption of new quantitative neuroradiology tools to improve patient care through providing earlier and more certain diagnosis or treatment management decisions. To accomplish this objective QUINIAC are looking to form a partnership with the successful supplier.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
40 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI31
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Competitive Procurement with NegotiationThe contracting authority wish to procure MRI scanners for the new UCL/UCLH Gray’s Inn Road Neuroscience Centre currently under construction, with the imaging facility planned to open in Q1 2024.The facility requires six (6) new MRI scanners; a combination of 3T and 7T systems UCL and UCLH are also joining efforts to establish a world leading Quantitative Neuroradiology Innovation and Adoption Centre (QUINIAC) to accelerate the clinical adoption of new quantitative neuroradiology tools to improve patient care through providing earlier and more certain diagnosis or treatment management decisions. To accomplish this objective QUINIAC are looking to form a partnership with the successful supplier.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
40 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 132
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Contract Award - Feb 2022, Install Scanner ~ 2023.Up to 10 years of maintenance from install resulting in a contract of ~132 months.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Top 3 scores in SQ
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
As detailed in tender documentation
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
As stated in the procurement documents
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As stated in the procurement documents
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.5) Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
10/09/2021
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
20/09/2021
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
E-mail: generaloffice@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/08/2021