The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Contract for End to End - Fully Automatic Neonatal Screening platform for New-born & Maternal Serum

UK-Newcastle upon Tyne: Analysers.

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/, Address of the buyer profile: 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:
      Regional or local authority

   I.5) Main activity:
      Health

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Contract for End to End - Fully Automatic Neonatal Screening platform for New-born & Maternal Serum            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         38434000 - Analysers.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES

      II.1.4) Short description: The supply of an end to end solution, fully automatic neonatal screening platform for Maternal Serum Screening (MSS), commissioned to provide first trimester (Down’s, Patau’s and Edward’s Syndrome) and second trimester (Down’s) antenatal screening for North East of England and Cumbria as part of the wider network. This is for equipment and software.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 205,249.5
                  
         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: The supply of an end to end solution, fully automatic neonatal screening platform for Maternal Serum Screening (MSS), commissioned to provide first trimester (Down’s, Patau’s and Edward’s Syndrome) and second trimester (Down’s) antenatal screening for North East of England and Cumbria as part of the wider network. This is for equipment and software.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 70
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / 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
         

      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: T/2022/008    
   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: 21/02/2022

      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)
             PerkinElmer LAS (UK) Ltd, 03763278
             Chalfont Road, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, HP9 2FX, 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: 205,249.5          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 205,249.5
         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=669576238

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals 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: 22/02/2022




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 products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive (for supplies only): No       
      
      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

      
      
      Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market: No

      Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms: No


   3. Explanation
          The supplier will provide a full end to end solution. The equipment solution including the software to run it from Perkin Elmer is working across Public Health England. Maternal Serum Screening (MSS) is commissioned to provide first trimester (Down’s, Patau’s and Edward’s Syndrome) and second trimester (Down’s) antenatal screening for North East of England and Cumbria. Contracts are also in place to provide the same service for a number of other units around the UK using the same equipment. The network must all utilise the same methodology to remain compliant with the network approach and removes risk. Perkin Elmer is the incumbent supplier for the Trust.