Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
The Jack Copland Centre, 52 Research Avenue, Heriot-Watt Research Park
Edinburgh
EH14 4BE
UK
Telephone: +44 1313145522
E-mail: gordon.dickson@nhs.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotblood.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA12722
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
Red Cell Serology
Reference number: NSS212204
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50421000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
SNBTS wishes to contract for the provision of a managed service comprising the supply of Integrated Red Cell Serology Testing technology, incorporating all equipment, test kits, reagents, relevant controls and calibrators, I.T.peripherals, delivery, installation, training and fully comprehensive systems maintenance.
The intention is to split the procurement into 2 separate Lots:
Lot 1 for Patient Services
Lot 2 for Donation Testing.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 311 333.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Red Cell Serology - Patient Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
50421000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The five SNBTS Clinical laboratories provide comprehensive, 24 hours per day Blood Banking Services to their host hospitals. Reference work is undertaken for other hospitals in each area. The laboratories vary considerably in size, throughput and the range of tests performed. Thus the equipment needed at each site must be tailored to each laboratory’s needs but yet deliver single system working across SNBTS wherever possible.
A range of patient samples including paediatric, and increasing numbers of monoclonal therapy patients are referred for serological investigation by automated and manual testing. Testing is primarily performed on patient’s EDTA plasma samples but equipment/assays must be validated for EDTA and serum sample types.
; tests performed are:
- ABO RhD and K
- IAT screening (triple screen)
- DAT
- Antibody ID panel
- Serial titrations
- Phenotyping
Indicative numbers of samples tested per annum by each centre are as follows:
Edinburgh – 61,000 samples
Glasgow – 2,800 samples, predominantly samples referred for specialist serological investigation
Dundee – 39,000 samples
Inverness – 18,000 samples
Aberdeen – 51,000 samples
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Authority shall be entitled, at its option, to continue this Agreement beyond the Initial Term for three (3) twelve (12) Contract Month periods subject to giving not less than nine (9) Contract Months’ notice to the Contractor.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Red Cell Serology - Donation Testing
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
50421000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Donation Testing Directorate requires a solution in Edinburgh (JCC) to perform automated testing. Indicative numbers of samples per annum are as follows:
- IAT Screening of donors (Triple Screen) – 15,000 samples
- Full ID panel – 300 samples
- DAT – 2500 samples
- ABO RhD – 2,250 samples
- Titre (1/50) – 300 samples
- Extended phenotype (Under consideration*)
*Donor Testing have an interest in a cost effective solution to automate extended phenotyping including Fya, Fyb, Jka, Jkb, M, S, s
Present demand for this test is driven by clinical requirements and can be quite variable each day. Time of testing each day is also variable.
Current testing is performed and reported against red book recommendations.
Donation Testing hours of operation are as follows:
Working day - 07:00am hours to 16:00pm hours Monday to Sunday (inclusive)
SNBTS would expect that customer support would be available during the laboratories core operating hours of 9.00am – 17.00pm, Monday – Friday, any proposed solution must ensure a robust level of resilience to maintain continuous service delivery to our users on each site
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Authority shall be entitled, at its option, to continue this Agreement beyond the Initial Term for five (5) twelve (12) Contract Month periods subject to giving not less than nine (9) Contract Months’ notice to the Contractor.
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:
2021/S 000-026222
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Red Cell Serology - Patient Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/07/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 3
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
Grifols Uk Ltd
Byron House, Cambridge Business Park,Cowley Rd,
Cambridge
CB4 0WZ
UK
Telephone: +44 08452413090
Fax: +44 08452413314
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 100 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Red Cell Serology - Donation Testing
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/07/2022
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: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 3
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
IBG Immucor Limited
2 Cranbrook Way, Solihull Business Park
Solihull
B90 4GT
UK
Telephone: +44 03303338742
Fax: +44 03303338749
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 208 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:690771)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Court of Session
Parliament House, Parliament Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/07/2022