Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street
Glasgow
G4 0SF
UK
E-mail: jim.binnie@nhs.net
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10722
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Digital Pathology
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) wish to enter into a framework agreement with a service provider to provide a system that will enable the Digitalisation and review of glass slides within Histopathology.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) wish to work with NHS Lothian to pilot a Digital Pathology system. This pilot will run for 6 months.
Throughout the pilot, the successful supplier will be expected to provide the software and scanning hardware and to implement and support.
The system throughout NHS GG&C and NHS Lothian, plus provide training to users of the system with a view to a potential future roll out across the Country. This potential second phase is optional and will depend on successful evaluation of the initial pilot as the basis for a business case for wider roll out.
The contract will be set up as an (NHS GG&C) Framework which will allow NHS Health Boards call off from the framework.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
8 600 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Scotland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) wish to enter into a framework agreement with a service provider to provide a system that will enable the Digitalisation and review of glass slides within Histopathology.
One of the major challenges facing Histopathology is the burden of managing, storing and retrieving glass slides. A Digital Pathology System is sought that will eliminate this burden by allowing glass slides to be quickly digitized and for the generated images to be quickly available for review by staff potentially geographically distant from the physical specimen. Advanced functionality in terms of image display and analysis is expected.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) wish to work with NHS Lothian to pilot a Digital Pathology system. This pilot will run for 6 months. They system will be expected to interface with a different Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in each board and other systems where appropriate during the pilot.
Throughout the pilot, the successful supplier will be expected to provide the software and scanning hardware and to implement and support.
The system throughout NHS GG&C and NHS Lothian, plus provide training to users of the system with a view to a potential future roll out across the Country. This potential second phase is optional and will depend on successful evaluation of the initial pilot as the basis for a business case for wider roll out.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) reserves the right not to award a framework as part of this procurement.
The contract will be set up as an (NHS GG&C) Framework which will allow NHS Health Boards call off from the framework.
Suppliers will be required to deliver the solution both in the pilot phase and potential roll out phase as an Managed Technical Service.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Software Functionality
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: Non Functional
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The pilot phase will be carried out and the results of this will depend on whether the solution will be rolled out to other Health Boards.
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.1.3) 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 249-458085
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
20/09/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Philips Electronics UK Limited
Philips Centre, Guildford Business Park
Guildford, Surrey
GU2 8XG
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 8 600 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
These are the entities able to use this framework.
Golden Jubilee Hospital (National Waiting Times Centre Board).
NHS 24.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
NHS Borders.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
NHS Education for Scotland.
NHS Fife.
NHS Forth Valley.
NHS Grampian.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
NHS Health Scotland.
NHS Highland.
NHS Lanarkshire.
NHS Lothian.
NHS Orkney.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
NHS Shetland.
NHS Tayside.
NHS Western Isles.
Scottish Ambulance Service.
The Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service.
The State Hospital for Scotland.
(SC Ref:527404).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street
Glasgow
G4 0SF
UK
Telephone: +44 1412111200
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/01/2018