Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
UK Biobank Ltd
1-2 Spectrum Way, Adswood
Stockport
SK3 0SA
UK
Telephone: +44 1614755386
E-mail: andrea.howard@ukbiobank.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA25607
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
Managed Informatics Platform for Research Access to Data
Reference number: UKBB009
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
UK Biobank is an international resource for health research, offering access to researchers seeking to understand the determinants of disease. Over the next 5 years, based on current scientific programmes, the UK Biobank resource will grow to approximately 15 Petabytes of data. UK Biobank researchers have previously downloaded data for analysis within their own environment. The increasing scale of the data requires a new approach to data storage and access that allows researchers to bring their analyses to the data through implementation of a managed informatics platform for data access and analysis.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72321000
72320000
72300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD35
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
UK Biobank is seeking a supplier that can offer a managed service for the provision of an informatics platform to provide access to, and analysis of, UK Biobank data by its registered researcher community.
Full details of the services required are included within the specification. This specification sets out UK Biobank’s requirements for the initial provision of such a platform, including:
— technical requirements for Platform functionality,
— implementation approach and testing; and
— service management and support.
UK Biobank is seeking a supplier that can provide such a platform as a managed service with responsibility for all aspects of implementation and ongoing operational management.
The contract will start in May 2020.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical requirements
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Implementation
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Service management and support
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Demonstration
/ Weighting: 25
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
II.2.14) Additional information
A demonstration forms part of this tender, with full details in the ‘Demonstration Evaluation’ document in the ITT pack. One-to-one demonstration video calls will be held between Wednesday 15 and Friday 17 April 2020, for which bidders will be asked to be available. These video calls will be recorded. Details will be notified to bidders as soon as possible after the bid submission deadline.
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:
2020/S 039-093702
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
19/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DNAnexus
1975 W El Camino Real, Suite 204
Mountain View
94040
US
NUTS: 00
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 30 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Cloud computing infrastructure (10 %), and supplement to engineering team for development and to provide 24 7 customer support (20 %)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The costs to UK Biobank over a 3-year period are anticipated to be in the region of GBP 1.5 million.
(MT Ref:220007)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/06/2020