Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trusts
Unit G2, Harbour Yard, Chelsea Harbour
London
SW10 OXD
UK
Contact person: tenders@chelwest.nhs.uk
E-mail: tenders@chelwest.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.lppsourcing.org
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.lppsourcing.org
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 Flow Cytometry Instrumentation and Reagents for the Immunophenotyping Laboratory
Reference number: DN377789
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33696500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a solution for the provision of flow cytometry instrumentation and reagents for its diagnostic Immunophenotyping laboratory.
Immunophenotyping by flow cytometry is performed in the centre for molecular pathology on the Sutton site of the Royal Marsden hospital. The laboratory plays a pivotal role in the provision of the Royal Marsden Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancies Diagnostic Service (SIHMDS) which serves a population of >4 000 000.
The laboratory requires the capacity to perform flow cytometry cell analysis for leukaemia and lymphoma and multiple myeloma diagnosis, minimal residual disease (in excess of 6 500 samples per annum) and CD34 enumeration (>900 samples per annum) using purpose built bench-top IVD marked flow cytometry instrumentation.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
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:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Trust is asking service providers to deliver a contract which will:
— install and maintain a comprehensive solution for the Immunophenotyping service, including flow cytometers, pre-analytical instrumentation, software and any other services/equipment required to deliver the service described,
— provide reagents and consumables including Internal Quality Control (IQC), running all IQC on all systems at required frequency to deliver the service described,
— provide the necessary IT connectivity to integrate the equipment into the laboratory information management system via instrument manager middleware and manage the data produced by the analysers,
— provide other services such as practical support for initial validation and verification and implementation, training, contract management support, reagents and other consumables supply, an optional inventory management solution, and value-added items such as marketing and service improvement,
— allow for new instrumentation, processes, reagents and software which may come online during the contract.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60 %
Price
/ Weighting:
40 %
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
There will be an option to extend the contract for additional 24 months (2 X 12 months period).
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
14/01/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
The Strand
London
WC2 A2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/12/2019