The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Contract for the Maintenance of Carestream X-ray Equipment

UK-Newcastle upon Tyne: Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
       Regent Point, Regent Farm Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3HD, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1912138916, Email: Ewan.Bond@nhs.net
       Contact: Ewan Bond
       Main Address: https://www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk/
       NUTS Code: UKC

   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:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Health

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Contract for the Maintenance of Carestream X-ray Equipment            
      Reference number: T/2021/026

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: Repair and Maintenance of the Trusts Carestream X-ray Estate

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
               
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 1,196,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

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

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKC - NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Servicing, maintenance and repair of Trust Carestream X-ray equipment.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Technical Capability / Weighting: Pass Fail
                  
      Price - Weighting: 100
            

      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: No

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: T/2021/026    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 12/08/2021

      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: 1

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Medray UK Ltd, 12377268
             The Maylands Building, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, HP27TG, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UKC
            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: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 656,989
         Currency: GBP

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

Award Of Contract (No.2)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: No

   V.1) Information on non-award
      The contract/lot is not awarded
         No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected      

Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: Medray UK Ltd are the only company who can carry out the services relating to Carestream X-ray Support and Maintenance Contract on technical grounds.
Medray, as business partners to Carestream Health, have access to the remote device system that allows Medray to interrogate the device and analyse logs to solve problems and seek manufacturers support for difficult problem solving.
Medray have the benefit of a spare parts agreement with Carestream.
Medray’s engineers have been trained directly by the manufacturer to ensure the engineer is competent to maintain the equipment, is authorised and certified to maintain and repair the equipment by manufacturer, as is a stated requirement in the Instructions for use (IFU) for these medical devices.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
          Newcastle upon Tyne, 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: 13/09/2021




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
          Medray UK Ltd are the only company who can carry out the services relating to Carestream X-ray Support and Maintenance Contract on technical grounds.
Medray, as business partners to Carestream Health, have access to the remote device system that allows Medray to interrogate the device and analyse logs to solve problems and seek manufacturers support for difficult problem solving.
Medray have the benefit of a spare parts agreement with Carestream.
Medray’s engineers have been trained directly by the manufacturer to ensure the engineer is competent to maintain the equipment, is authorised and certified to maintain and repair the equipment by manufacturer, as is a stated requirement in the Instructions for use (IFU) for these medical devices.