Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Medicines Discovery Catapult
Block 35, Mereside, Alderley Park
Cheshire
SK10 4TG
UK
Contact person: Ms Laura Hough
Telephone: +44 1625708394
E-mail: laura.hough@md.catapult.org.uk
NUTS: UKD62
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://md.catapult.org.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://md.catapult.org.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Private LTD - Medical Research
I.5) Main activity
Other: Medical Research
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Supply, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment
Reference number: DN565086
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd (MDC) is a national facility for collaborative R&D exploring and developing new approaches to the discovery and proof of well targeted medicines, diagnostics and biomarkers. Funded by Innovate UK, an agency of the UK government, MDC are an independent not-for-profit company bringing together a fragmented UK sector of industry, academia, charities, technologists, services, finance companies, SMEs and start-ups who together can turn good science into new, high value products. By sharing problems, rare expertise and assets we support the growth of this new community through a time of radical business and national change.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD62
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
MDC are expanding their PCR capability and thus require the supply and installation of the below equipment for COVID-PCR testing via the Accredited assay:
5 x Thermo Kingfisher flex
3 x Quant Studio 7’s
MDC Ltd is a ISO accreditation laboratory within the terms of the ISO 15189 Accreditation we must use the above equipment.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 0
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:
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
MDC is an ISO 15189 Accreditation Laboratory and our commercial contracts dictate that we must hold / retain this status.
The ISO 15189 Accreditation has been reviewed / awarded on the current equipment within the MDC Laboratory including the Thermo Fisher Kingfishers, as such we are unable to install 'other' equipment into the laboratory without this affecting the ISO 15189 Accreditation. The installation of 'other' equipment would invalidate the ISO 15189 Accreditation and the MDC would be have to be reassessed for the ISO 15189 Accreditation and the introduction of 'other' equipment.
The need to stay with the current equipment supplier is founded on the use of a single assay and protocol under our UKAS accreditation; this ensures that
1) Workflow is consistent to one method
2) Mistakes cannot occur due to confusion of different methods, training a workforce of more than 700FTE on new systems, sops and complex workflows runs risks that errors will be introduced
3) That the quality standards required by UKAS are continued to be met
4) We maintain consistency with reagent provider CE-certification on this equipment
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
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
23/07/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Life Technologies Limited
3 Fountain Drive, Inchinnan Business Park
Paisley
PA4 9RF
UK
NUTS: UKD62
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:
: 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Medicines Discovery Catapult
Alderley Edge
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://md.catapult.org.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/08/2021