Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University Of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
UK
Contact person: Tony Newjem, Senior Supply Chain Manager
Telephone: +44 1316509136
E-mail: Tony.Newjem@ed.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement/supplying
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Automated Quantitative Pathology Spectral Imaging System.
Reference number: NCA30726
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
A multimodal digital pathology instrument which combines multispectral analysis and automated slide scanning.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
230 661.67
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
Main site or place of performance:
University of Edinburgh, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Vectra® Polaris™ Imaging System.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Ability to deliver the Institute's clinical research outcomes.
/ Weighting: 80
Cost criterion: Whole life cost
/ Weighting: 20
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
Under Regulation 33 (1) (b) (ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, a contracting authority may use the negotiated procedure without the prior publication in the case of a public contract, based on the following justification:
A contracting authority may award a public contract following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice in any of the following cases:
(b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons;
The Polaris system is unique in the market as it is the only multi spectral slide scanner with Perkin Elmer holding the patent on the multispectral detection system that enables this imaging modality. This allows the spectral detection of 7 and up to 9 specific fluorophores within multiplex stained tissue sections and allows this to be conducted in a high throughput setting. Multi spectral detection is available on certain confocal microscopes but is restricted to small regions of interest and doesn't offer full slide scanning capability in a high throughput setting.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NCA30726
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
03/11/2017
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
Perkin Elmer LAS Ltd
Chalfont Road, Buckinghamshire
Seer Green
HP9 2FX
UK
Telephone: +44 7852963350
E-mail: david.coulson@perkinelmer.com
NUTS: UKJ1
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.perkinelmer.com/category/cancer-immunotherapy-immunology
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 230 661.67
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:514226).
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
03/11/2017