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UK-Liverpool: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
UK-Liverpool: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
Preliminary Questions
This notice is published by:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Thomas Drive, Liverpool, L14 3PE, United Kingdom
Email: steven.doran@lhch.nhs.uk
Main Address:
NUTS Code: UKD72
I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main Activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Robotic assisted surgical system.
Reference number: Not Provided
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
33000000 – Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES
II.1.4) Short Description: Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust intends to purchase a robotic-assisted surgical system plus associated maintenance and consumables.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 1,200,000
Currency: GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
Not provided
II.2.3) Place of performance:
UKD72 Liverpool
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
LHCH intends to enter into a contract with Intuitive Surgical for the purchase of a robotic assisted surgical system as it is the only option available that meets the Trust’s requirements. In accordance with the Trust’s interpretation of the PCR 2015 the product can only be provided by the chosen provider for technical reasons and competition is absent due to the unique requirements of the equipment being procured. Intuitive Surgical is currently the only manufacturer of commercially available robotic assisted surgical systems offering robotic four-arm multi-port technology and a suite of fully wristed 8mm instrumentation, wristed advanced energy and stapling instruments, fluorescence imaging, integrated table motion and skills simulation on a single platform capable of performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. The Trust believes there is no other commercially available robotic assisted surgical system that facilitates the multidisciplinary applications planned at LHCH.
II.2.5) Award criteria
(Directive 2014/24/EU / Directive 2014/25/EU)
Not provided
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
IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: 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:
Notice number in OJ S: Not provided
Section V: Award Of Contract/Concession
Award of Contract/Concession No: 1
Contract No: Not Provided Lot Number: Not Provided Title: Not Provided
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of contract award decision: 14/09/2017.
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No .
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
Intuitive Surgical SARL
Chemin des Muriers, Aubonne, 1170, Switzerland
NUTS Code: UKD72
The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
Initial estimated total value of the contract: Not Provided
Total value of the contract/lot/concession 1,200,000
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:
GO-2017915-PRO-11027764 TKR-2017915-PRO-11027763
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review Body
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Thomas Drive, Liverpool, L36 5XF, United Kingdom
V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not Provided .
VI.4.3) Review procedure
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: 15/09/2017
Annex D1 – General Procurement
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
Directive 2014/24/EU
2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes
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: (500 words maximum)
The Trust is satisfied that there are no other robotic-assisted surgical systems available that can meet the surgical requirements of its consultants and patients. See also Section II.2.4 of this Notice.
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