Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Trust Headquarters, 2nd Floor, Non Clinical Support Building, Royal Victoria Hospital
Belfast
BT126BA
UK
Contact person: Michael Mac Mahon
E-mail: FinanceProcurement@belfasttrust.hscni.net
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://belfasttrust.hscni.net
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
FibroScan 430+M and travel case
Reference number: DAC13211
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Procurement of FibroScan 430+M and travel case
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
107 156.50
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
Main site or place of performance:
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Procurement of FibroScan 430+M and travel case
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
No other reasonable alternative or substitute exists for this procurement. No other manufacturer makes a mobile scanner capable of this functionality for detecting and diagnosing liver impairment. The absence of competition is not the result of the aritifical narrowing of the parameters of the procurement.
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:
2025/S 000-004324
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DAC13211
Title: FibroScan 430+M and travel case
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/02/2025
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
Echosens UK Ltd
11945055
4 Burley House Caspian Road
Altrincham
WA14 5HH
UK
NUTS: UKD6
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:
: 107 156.50
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Knockbracken Healthcare Park
Belfast
BT8 8BH
UK
E-mail: FinanceProcurement@belfasttrust.hscni.net
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/03/2025