Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh
EH4 2XR
UK
Contact person: Derek Mills
Telephone: +44 1316518696
E-mail: derek.mills@igmm.ed.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ed.ac.uk/igmm
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
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
Other: Medical Research
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NCA0932 Arrays
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33140000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
This project is to run the final batch of 8 064 Generation Scotland samples on Illumina MethylationEPIC arrays.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
938 649.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
Main site or place of performance:
Welcome Trust Clinical Research Facility
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
8 000 samples will be integrated in to the Illumina methylation data set and will mean that the data produced is compatible with work previously completed. It will also mean current robotic infrastructure and scanning platforms can be utilised. The arrays will be run on the Illumina iScan and it is only possible to run Illumina arrays on this platform.
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:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
Explanation
Previously ~12 000 samples from the Generation Scotland cohort have been run on Illumina MethylationEPIC arrays so for compatibility reasons this is a lawful procurement.
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
05/10/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
The Watson Building, 10 Granta Park
Great Abington
CB21 6GP
UK
Telephone: +44 7748335203
NUTS: UKH12
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 938 649.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:632546)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Court of the University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/10/2020