Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Transport
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency Longview Road, Morriston
Swansea
SA6 7JL
UK
Contact person: Mandy Hodgson
E-mail: mandy.hodgson@dvla.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL18
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Laboratory Services for Testing of Alcohol Dependency
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71900000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The DVLA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT), based in Swansea. The DVLA’s primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining accurate registers of drivers and vehicle keepers and to collect Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).
The purpose of the Laboratory Services for Testing of Alcohol Dependency is to provide an accurate and confidential blood sample screening (Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) utilising the Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) methodology with classic reporting.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 670 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71900000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL18
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of the laboratory services is to provide an accurate and confidential blood sample screening (Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) utilising the Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) methodology with classic reporting.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service Delivery
/ Weighting: 16%
Quality criterion: CDT Testing
/ Weighting: 16%
Quality criterion: Franchise Doctors
/ Weighting: 18%
Quality criterion: Storage and Destruction
/ Weighting: 6%
Quality criterion: Management Information Reporting - Service Delivery – Reporting of results
/ Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion: Management Information Reporting - To assess performance and identify trends for process improvement
/ Weighting: 3%
Quality criterion: Business Continuity
/ Weighting: 6%
Quality criterion: Social Value - Wellbeing
/ Weighting: 10%
Price
/ Weighting:
80%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
2 x 12 month options
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:
2022/S 000-030671
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: PS/21/126A
Title: Provision of Laboratory Services for Testing of Alcohol Dependency
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/09/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SYNLAB Laboratory Services
Gavenny Court, Brecon Road
Abergavenny
NP7 7RX
UK
NUTS: UKL21
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 670 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015 as amended.
Swansea
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/09/2023