DVLA: Provision of Toxicology Screening Services

UK-Swansea: Laboratory services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       DVLA
       Longview Road, Swansea, SA6 7JL, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1792786102, Email: CDMS@dvla.gov.uk
       Contact: Kathryn Davey
       Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Other type:: Central Government

   I.5) Main activity:
      General public services

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Provision of Toxicology Screening Services            
      Reference number: PS/19/160

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         71900000 - Laboratory services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: DVLA's Drivers Medical Group (DMG) require the contract to provide continuity of service for efficient, accurate and confidential screening and confirmation services for drugs of abuse, to assist the DVLA in determining an applicant or licence holder's medical fitness to hold a driving licence.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 195,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: DVLA are in the process of procuring the services via open competition, however, to ensure continuity of services during mobilisation and transition of the new services, which will include toxicology services AND blood analysis, an additional 6 month contract was required with the incumbent provider.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 65
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 35
            

      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
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the 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
       Not Provided
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: PS/19/160    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Provision of Toxicology Screening Services

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 11/12/2019

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
             New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton Road, West Midlands, WV10 0QA, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 195,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 195,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=470640272

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          High Court of England and Wales
          London, United Kingdom

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          Department for Transport
          Longview Road, Morriston, Swansea, SA6 7JL, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 06/02/2020




ANNEX D

   1. Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU

      No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to: Not Provided

            
      
      The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons

      Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive: No

      Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive: No

      New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive: No
            Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest: No
      

      Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms: No


   3. Explanation
          This 6 month contract has been awarded in accordance with the following area of the law in accordance with the directive:

32 (2) (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-

(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons


The current provider of the services is the only economic operator who can provide the services from March 2020 - September 2020 whilst mobilisation and transition of the services to a new contract (Toxicology AND blood testing services under one provider) procured under open competition takes place.