Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1276604604
E-mail: priscilla.mulenga2@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.fhft.nhs.uk
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
Award of Contract for the Procurement of a Covid-19 RT-PCR Testing System
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33696500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services have awarded a contract to provide a Covid-19 testing 'system', capable of testing at least 40 000 Covid-19 samples per day, with the system including (at least) all required analytical equipment, reagents and consumables required.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
33 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services have awarded a contract to provide a Covid-19 testing 'system', capable of testing at least 40 000 Covid-19 samples per day, with the system including (at least) all required analytical equipment, reagents and consumables required.
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Due to the extreme urgency in response to the current Covid-19 outbreak, the Trust are required to set up a Covid-19 Lighthouse Laboratory. This was done as a matter of urgency to ensure that delivery, commissioning and associated training and support for the testing system is completed before 14 December 2020.
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
24/11/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Life Technologies Ltd
Paisley
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 33 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Frimley
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/11/2020