United Kingdom-Nottingham: Analysers

Type of document: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 151-274252/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
City Campus, Hucknall Road
Nottingham
Postal code: NG5 1PB
United Kingdom
For the attention of: Liz Salter
Phone: +44 1159691169
Email: liz.salter@nuh.nhs.uk
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
Regional or local authority
I.3) Main activity:
Health
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object of the contract
II.1) Description:
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract:
Trisomy Screening.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
SUPPLIES
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
NUTS code: UKF
II.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS):
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is intending to award a contract to Perkin Elmer or the provision of Auto-delfia Instruments, consumables, Maintenance and Risk Calculation Software for a period of 7 years.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
38434000, 38434520, 38000000,
II.1.6) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): NO
II.2) Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure:
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice/call for competition.
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical,
Quality Assessment Standards for Fetal Screening Services require all laboratories to be able to provide a continual service, therefore it is essential for equipment to be up to date. A 2nd instrument is required to offer a resilient service.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is the only Trust in the UK to offer fully electronic reporting for Trisomy Screening allowing community midwives across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire access to test results the day they are produced. The system also automatically sends NUH specific letters to low risk ladies. This relies on the Life-cycle software provided by Perkin Elmer with the analysers. Considerable investment has been made by the Trust to interface with the LIMS in use and NUH and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. The Risk Calculation software is linked specifically to this analytical platform and as such any change would require considerable expense and training both within the Trust and the wider communities in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire.
Any change of provider has been highlighted by the Fetal Anomaly Screening Program (commissioned by Public Health England) as a significant risk in a recent inspection.
The Trust believes that Perkin Elmer are the only supplier to be able to provide the range of instrumentation and software required to maintain this level of service.
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction:
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
NUH_2106_133
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
Section V: Award of contract

V.1) Date of contract award decision:
V.2) Information about offers:
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken:
Perkin Elmer
Chalfont Road
Seer Green
Postal code: HP9 2FX
V.4) Information on value of contract:
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 336 103 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 7
V.5) Information about subcontracting:
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about European Union funds:
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:VI.2) Additional information:
VI.3) Procedures for appeal
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice:
02.08.2016