United Kingdom-NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE: Stereotactic Frames for Neurosurgery

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2024/S 000-007320/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Postal address: Regent Point
Town: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postal code: NE7 7DN
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Ewan Bond
Telephone: +44 1912138916
Email: ewan.bond@nhs.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

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: Stereotactic Frames for Neurosurgery
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 33000000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: Stereotactic Neurosurgery Equipment with support maintenance contract. Elekta Vantage System for use with MRI and CT.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:220258.20
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 33000000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Stereotactic Neurosurgery Equipment with support maintenance contract. Elekta Vantage System for use with MRI and CT.

II.2.5)Award criteria

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
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

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

3.Explanation
Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union
is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive:
Elekta Vantage solution is technically different to other products of a similar nature in the market.

The Vantage frame is non-metallic (unique) and does not need to be sterilised. The first advantage of this is that no metal component is involved in the imaging process (MR and CT) – other stereotactic frames are metal and that introduces a source of artefact into the imaging process. The scanner protocols can be set to generate images more quickly, thereby reducing time in the scanner; the quality of the fine detail in the images is far superior and there is much less artefact.

The second point is that the workflow is easier because the frame does not need to be recycled though central sterile services department (CSSD).

The Vantage instrument carrier has a Vernier scale, which gives sub millimetre accuracy (< 0.9 mm) when delivering an instrument or electrode. This is very beneficial in placing such devices as a dbs electrode.

The Vantage frame has an open face design (unique), which makes it much easier to anaesthetise the patient and to communicate with the patient during awake procedures like treatment of movement disorders.

The solution will integrate with Trust MRI and CT scanners.

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-06
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: SEVERN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Postal address: 42 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road
Town: Newbury
Postal code: RG14 5SJ
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
Internet address: www.severnhealthcare.com
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 220258.20
Lowest offer: 220258.20/ Highest offer: 220258.20 taken into consideration
Currency: GBP

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Postal address: Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, High Heaton
Town: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Postal code:  NE7 7DN
Country: United Kingdom
Internet address:

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2024-03-07