Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting 
        entity
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
  Alder House
  St Asaph
  LL17 0JL
  UK
  
            Contact person: Alexandra Woodward
  
            E-mail: alexandra.woodward@wales.nhs.uk
  
            NUTS: UK
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
  
              Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
 
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
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
  II.1.1) Title
WBS-OJEU-51669 - International Stem Cell Courier Contract for WBMDR at WBS
            Reference number: WBS-OJEU-51669
  II.1.2) Main CPV code
  64120000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Services
  II.1.4) Short description
  The Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry has an intermittent requirement to transport clinical material to Transplant Centres of WBMDR (currently UHW), form various locations throughout the world.  Such transportation must comply with UK law (Human Tissue Act 2004) and WMDA guidelines.
  Due to the nature of the product and the critical importance of timely delivery to the destination, transportation must be via a suitably trained courier, who will accompany the product from the time of collection at the collection centre until handover to a transplant centre representative within University Hospital of Wales (Cardiff).
  Anticipated activity is approximately 50 deliveries a year, although this is changeable due to potential growth of the registry/transplant centre.
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
  II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
  Value excluding VAT: 
				344 000.00 
				  GBP
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
    64120000
    64100000
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKL
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    The Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry has an intermittent requirement to transport clinical material to Transplant Centres of WBMDR (currently UHW), form various locations throughout the world.  Such transportation must comply with UK law (Human Tissue Act 2004) and WMDA guidelines.
    Due to the nature of the product and the critical importance of timely delivery to the destination, transportation must be via a suitably trained courier, who will accompany the product from the time of collection at the collection centre until handover to a transplant centre representative within University Hospital of Wales (Cardiff).
    Anticipated activity is approximately 50 deliveries a year, although this is changeable due to potential growth of the registry/transplant centre.
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    
                    Quality criterion: Technical
                    / Weighting: 70
    
                    Cost criterion: Cost
                    / Weighting: 30
    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
  
                        Open procedure
                        
  
                    IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
                  
  The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
  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 000-036373
 
Section V: Award of contract
          Contract No: WBS-OJEU-51760 - International Courier Contract for NEQAS/WBMDR
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        Yes
      
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/06/2023
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: 2
                Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
                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
  Ontime Courier GmbH
  Alois-Wolfmueller-Str. 8
  Munich
  80939
  DE
  
            Telephone: +44 98935737371
  
            NUTS: DE212
  The contractor is an SME:
        Yes
      
 
                V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
              
Total value of the contract/lot: 
					: 344 000.00 
					  GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:133979)
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    High Court
    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
    London
    WC2A 2LL
    UK
    
            Telephone: +44 2079477501
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/09/2023