Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Tayside
Ninewells Hospital
Dundee
DD1 9SY
UK
Contact person: Alan Summers
Telephone: +44 1312756511
E-mail: alan.summers@nhs.net
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00154
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
NHS Tayside Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System
Reference number: SLC818/2019
II.1.2) Main CPV code
30196000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
NHS National Services Scotland were tendering on behalf of Tayside Health Board (the ‘Health Board’) for a replacement treatment planning system (the ‘Contract’) for the Radiotherapy Department at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, from a single contractor. The Health Board would enter into a Contract with the successful contractor.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
498 427.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30196000
48000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM71
Main site or place of performance:
Radiotherapy Department, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Scotland has a population of 5 300 000 who are served by 5 Cancer Centres, which amongst them use 27 linear accelerators to deliver in excess of 200 000 fractions of treatment per annum. Each Cancer Centre has at least 1 treatment planning system (TPS) that is used to model patient treatments.
In order to provide efficient and effective delivery of radiotherapy services throughout Scotland, NHS Tayside’s (NHST) TPS was due to be replaced under the Scottish Government’s Radiotherapy Capital Equipment Replacement Programme (CERP).
The TPS must remain up to date to enable modelling of the increasingly complex and rapidly developing radiotherapy techniques required to deliver optimal treatment for patients. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) techniques such as volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), are considered the standard of care for the majority of treatment sites, with an increasing body of evidence supporting the benefit for patients. It was thus a requirement that equipment supplied is compatible with NHS Scotland’s intention to make available intensity modulated radiotherapy to all patients who might benefit.
image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is a technological development that enables the accuracy of patient positioning on the treatment couch to be confirmed, thereby increasing the probability of tumour control and reducing dosage to surrounding normal tissues. It was a requirement that all equipment tendered be compatible with NHS Scotland’s intention to make image guidance, including tracking tumour motion, available to all patients who might benefit.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical and functional
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: Implementation and service impact
/ Weighting: 20
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
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
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:
2019/S 059-135944
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SLC818/2019
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
06/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
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: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ)
Sveavagan 44
Stockholm
111 34
SE
NUTS: SE11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 498 427.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
While the authority was conducting this procurement exercise, the intention upon award of contract was that Tayside Health Board would enter into an agreement with the successful contractor for the supply of their specific requirements.
The solution offered by the successful contractor would be covered by an initial 2-year warranty.
(SC Ref:611511)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Sheriff Court House
6 West Bell Street
Dundee
DD1 9AD
UK
Telephone: +44 1382229961
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/02/2020