Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University Of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU
UK
Telephone: +44 1316518696
E-mail: derek.mills@igmm.ed.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ed.ac.uk/igmm
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
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
Other: Medical Research
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Proseek Multiplex Analysis
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73111000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Human protein analysis systems for use with plasma samples providing the specific combination of approx. 1073 medically relevant protein biomarkers in multiplex format.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
296 955.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73111000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
Main site or place of performance:
Western General Hospital.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Phenotypic information relevant to areas of research such as kidney and cardiovascular disease on samples from consented participants in the Orkney cohort previously collected high sample number which is crucial for the genome-wide genetic analyses.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The Olink Bioscience protein biomarker analysis service uses patented technology that is not available as a service from any alternative source. Although other human protein analysis systems for use with plasma samples exist, none of them provide the specific combination of approx. 1 073 medically relevant protein biomarkers in multiplex format available from Olink.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
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
12/07/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Olink Proteomics AB
Uppsala Science Park
Uppsala
75183
UK
Telephone: +46 184443970
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 396 955.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:577136)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University Of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
UK
Telephone: +44 1316502508
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement/supplying
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/03/2019