Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Lancashire County Council
2nd Floor CCP, County Hall
Preston
PR1 8XJ
UK
Contact person: Andrew Patten
Telephone: +44 1772536452
E-mail: contractscorporate@lancashire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD43
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Forensic Toxicology Services.
Reference number: AP/CORP/LCC/16/481
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85111800
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Lancashire County Council invited tenders for the provision of forensic toxicology services, for the HM Senior Coroner for East Lancashire and HM Senior Coroner for Preston and West Lancashire.
Services will include the collection, transportation, testing, analysis, and reporting of samples for the HM Senior Coroner. This is a framework contract whereby toxicology services will be ordered by HM Senior Coroner as and when required.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
800 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85111810
85145000
71900000
73111000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD43
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lancashire County Council (LCC) invited tenders for the provision of forensic toxicology services, for the HM Senior Coroner for East Lancashire and HM Senior Coroner for Preston and West Lancashire.
Services will include the collection, transportation, testing, analysis, and reporting of samples for the HM Senior Coroner. This is a framework contract whereby toxicology services will be ordered by HM Senior Coroner as and when required.
LCC have established this contract as accessible for use by other public sector bodies including Blackburn with Darwen Council (BwD). As such, where the successful Tenderer's capacity and capability permits, LCC will expect the successful Tenderer, when approached, to be willing to contract with BwD for the provision tendered for herein, on the terms and conditions detailed herein, at the prices agreed as a result of this procurement process.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Operations — Service delivery
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Staffing expertise
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Continuous improvement and innovation
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Social value
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
35
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The framework contract for the provision of forensic toxicology services will commence on or around 1.1.2017. The contract will run for 24 months until 31.12.2018 with the option to extend for any number of defined periods so long as the maximum duration of the contract does not exceed 48 months.
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
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2016/S 166-298813
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Provision of Forensic Toxicology Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/12/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Northern General Hospital, Herries Road
Sheffield
S10 2SB
UK
NUTS: UKE32
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:
: 800 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Lancashire County Council (LCC) establish this contract as accessible for use by Blackburn with Darwen Council (BwD). LCC expect the successful Tenderer to be willing to contract with BwD for the provision tendered on the terms and conditions detailed, at the prices agreed as a result of this procurement process.
A key obligation of the successful Tenderer will be to monitor and report the contractual spend through the agreement (of each organisation separately) to LCC. Any such contract entered into between the successful Tenderer and BwD will be wholly independent of the both the contract and relationship between the successful Tenderer and LCC, and will be entered into by the successful Tenderer without any reliance on any representations made by LCC.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Lancashire County Council
Preston
PR1 8XJ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/12/2016