United Kingdom-Belfast: POCT Benchtop WERFEN GEM 5000 and GEM4000 Blood Gas Reagents and Consumables SEHSCT

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-006563/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: South Eastern H&SC Trust
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT161RH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Derek McKillop
Telephone: +44 2890411706
Email: derek.mckillop@setrust.hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:

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: POCT Benchtop WERFEN GEM 5000 and GEM4000 Blood Gas Reagents and Consumables SEHSCT
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 38900000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
POCT Benchtop WERFEN GEM 5000 and GEM4000 Blood Gas Reagents and Consumables SEHSCT
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:450000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
POCT Benchtop WERFEN GEM 5000 and GEM4000 Blood Gas Reagents and Consumables SEHSCT

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
(please complete point 2 of the Annex D)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2022-03-10
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Werfen Ltd
Postal address: 712, The Quadrant, Cavendish Ave, Birchwood,
Town: Warrington
Postal code: WA3 6DE
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME: no

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot
for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in
previous contract award notices

Section VI: Complementary informationVI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: South Eastern HSC Trust
Town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2022-03-10

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

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:
SET uses
Regulation 32(5)(b)
(5) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public supply contracts-
(b)for additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance;
(6) In the case of paragraph (5)(b), the duration of the contract, as well as that of recurrent contracts, shall not, save in exceptional circumstances, exceed 3 years.