Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting 
        entity
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  Procurement and Logistics Service
  77 Boucher Crescent
  Belfast
  BT12 6HU
  UK
  
            E-mail: palsgransha.sourcing@hscni.net
  
            NUTS: UK
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
  
              Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
 
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
Donation and Patient Testing - Automated Red Cell Immunohaematology
II.1.2) Main CPV code
  33696200
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Supplies
  II.1.4) Short description
  Donation and Patient Testing - Automated Red Cell Immunohaematology
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
  II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
  Value excluding VAT: 
				4 092 035.63 
				  GBP
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
    33696100
    38434520
    85111810
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKN
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    Donation and Patient Testing - Automated Red Cell Immunohaematology
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    
                    Quality criterion: Quality
                    / Weighting: 30
    
                    Price
                    
                      / Weighting: 
                      70
    II.2.11) Information about options
    
            Options:
            
              Yes
            
    Description of options:
    The option to extend for any periods up to and including 36 months
    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
    This contract is by a Central Purchasing Body, operated by BSO PaLS on behalf of the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service NIBTS. The value stated in II.1.7 is the Award Value over 7 years i.e. excluding the 36 month extension options. The Award Value of the initial 7-year contract period plus the 36-month extension is £5845765.19
   
 
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:
  2014/S 208-368524
 
Section V: Award of contract
          Contract No: 1
          Title: Contract
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        Yes
      
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/02/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
                Number of tenders received: 1
                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: 1
              The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
              
        No
      
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
  MEDICAL SUPPLY CO. LTD
  Damastown Industrial Estate
  Dublin
  d15
  IE
  
            Telephone: +353 18224222
  
            E-mail: info@medical-supply.ie
  
            Fax: +353 18224100
  
            NUTS: IE
  Internet address(es)
  
              URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
  The contractor is an SME:
        No
      
 
                V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
              
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 
					
Total value of the contract/lot: 
					: 4 092 035.63 
					  GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
In section 1.2, it is stated that this procurement is a joint procedure and contract award is by the Central Purchasing Body. This contract is not a joint contract, it is a Central Purchasing Body Contract operated by BSO PaLS on behalf of the participants listed in section 1.1. The total procurement value is £4092035.63 as stated in II.1.7. The initial contract period of 7 years is £4092035.63 .Should the option of an additional 36 months extension be utilised the approximate spend is £5845765.19. None of the figures above represent a guarantee of uptake or minimum demand.
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    Business Services Organisation, PaLS
    77 Boucher Crescent
    Belfast
    BT12 6HU
    UK
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/02/2025