United Kingdom-Londonderry: NextSeq2000 Sequencing System

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-031196/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: Western Health and Social Care Trust
Postal address: Altnagelvin Area Hospital Site, Glenshane Road
Town: Londonderry
Postal code: BT476SB
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Anita Walsh
Email: Anita.Walsh@westerntrust.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: NextSeq2000 Sequencing System

Reference number: Reference Number: DAC10826
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 38434540
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The Western Health and Social Care Trust intend to enter into an agreement with Illumina for an Illumina NextSeq 2000 platform under regulation 32(2)(b).
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:545098.23
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Illumina NextSeq2000 Sequencing system

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:
The Western Health and Social Care Trust are relying on regulation 32(2)(b), competition is absent for technical reasons. Illumina is the sole supplier of this specific high throughput sequencing technology/ platform. Illumina sequencing technology, sequencing by synthesis (SBS), is a widely adopted next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology worldwide. Illumina sequencing instruments and reagents support massively parallel, high-throughput sequencing using a proprietary method that detects single bases as they are incorporated into growing DNA strands. Nextseq2000 provides higher sensitivity to detect low-frequency variants, faster turnaround time for high sample volumes, comprehensive genomic coverage, lower limit of detection, higher capacity with sample multiplexing, ability to sequence hundreds to thousands of genes or gene regions simultaneously.

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: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2022/S 000-027286
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DAC10823
Title: NextSeq 2000

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2022-09-29
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: Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Postal address: 19 Granta Park, Great Abington
Town: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Postal code: CB21 6DF
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
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: 545098.23
Total value of the contract/lot:545098.23
Currency:GBP

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information:
On September 29, 2022, a VEAT was published (Notice reference 2022/S 000-027286), and no challenges were received within the ten-day standstill period. The initial VEAT was only for the purchase of the equipment, but the Contract Award Notice includes subsequent maintenance, which will be paid for by CTRIC rather than the Western Health and Social Care Trust, thus the disparity in values.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Western Health and Social Care Trust
Postal address: Altnagelvin Hospital
Town: Londonderry
Postal code: BT47 6SB
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2022-11-04