Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
18a Newforge Lane,
BELFAST
BT9 5PX
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
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
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
AFBI – THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SOLID MEDIA FOR CULTURE OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS
Reference number: 4916909
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33696500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The contract is for the supply and delivery of Lowenstein Jensen and Stonebrinks media slopes for the isolation of Mycobacterium bovis. It is estimated that AFBI will require the supply of a minimum of 10,000 Lowenstein Jensen and 10,000 Stonebrinks media slopes in the first year and subsequently in each year thereafter.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
226 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33696400
33793000
33698100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract is for the supply and delivery of Lowenstein Jensen and Stonebrinks media slopes for the isolation of Mycobacterium bovis. It is estimated that AFBI will require the supply of a minimum of 10,000 Lowenstein Jensen and 10,000 Stonebrinks media slopes in the first year and subsequently in each year thereafter.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Contract Management/Contingency Arrangements
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Total Contract Price
/ Weighting: 90
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract will be for one year with the option to extend for a further 3 periods of up to 12 months each.
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
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:
2023/S 000-024590
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: AFBI – THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SOLID MEDIA FOR CULTURE OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/10/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
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: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SYNTEC SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
Unit 2 The Business Centre
Dublin
11
IE
E-mail: info@syntec.ie
NUTS: IE
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
: 226 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
: The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was. communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/10/2023