Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Public Health England
Manor Farm Road, Porton Down
Salisbury
SP2 0QT
UK
Telephone: +44 2076548000
E-mail: anna.gibson@phe.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Public Health Microbiology Services for North England and Yorkshire and the Humber
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Public Health England (PHE) awarded the contract for the provision of Public Health Microbiology Service for North East to The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 2
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The awarded contract is for the provision of Public Health Microbiology Service for North East. It covers the following elements:
— timely testing of samples for a wide range of pathogens (including some not tested for by NHS microbiology laboratories), providing results/interpretation to the sender and providing treatment advice to clinicians if required,
— processing specialist referred samples for NHS laboratories,
— developing/rolling out new tests or methodologies to support PHE locally/nationally,
— maintaining existing active links to PHE and other Reference Laboratories,
— testing service for the investigation of outbreaks of infections or sporadic infections caused by pathogens specific concern,
— professional expert microbiological and virological advice and support in relation to medical and scientific issues pertaining to Public Health Microbiology and PHE.
The contract is for 3 years with possible extensions up to 2 years.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 70 %
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 30 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The subject of the tender falls under “health services”, Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) code 85100000, therefore, the use of the light touch regime was permitted, as set out in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Due to clear requirement, the tender structure reflected the characteristics of an open procedure with a variation allowing a tender to submit a variant bid. The variant bid allowed for submission of proposal(s) covering both lots. Any variant bid would only be considered once the Authority would be satisfied that the Tenderer has submitted a compliant Reference Bids for Lot 1: Public Health Microbiology Services for North East (ITT 3064) and Lot 2: Public Health Microbiology Services for Yorkshire and The Humber (ITT 3065).
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.1.8) 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:
2017/S 241-500383
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
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
30/09/2018
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
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust of The Freeman Hospital
Tyne and Wear
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7DN
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
300 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Health England (PHE)
London
NW9 5EQ
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Public Health England
NW9 5EQ
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/12/2018