Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 20 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Anatomage Tables · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Ulster (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£234,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Mar 2021no call for competition
Awarded to ROCKFORD HEALTHCARE LIMITED2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Anatomage tables

CPV: Medical tables

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Anatomage TablesAwarded
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Magee Campus. Londonderry (Medical School)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST
Last source update
6 May 2021, 22:55 BST
Authority reference
Project Code_26268
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-009901
Classification (CPV)
Medical tables
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a843 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

A request for the direct award contract (DAC) for the purchase of 3 Anatomage tables (virtual dissection and visualisation system for anatomy education) to be used by students from the School of Medicine, Ulster university.

The basis of request for DAC is absence of no reasonable alternatives or substitutes that exist on the market. The school aims to provide anatomy teaching without the use of the ‘traditional’ use of cadaveric models – but rather use digital methods of teaching. Anatomage are the only company that provides full size comprehensive real human anatomical maps. Anatomage’s digital bodies capture real organs and vascular connections. Their entire vascular, arteries and vein structures are intricately traced and fully connected, establishing a full nerve distribution. Anatomage’s present digital bodies have achieved the highest level of detail and comprehensiveness – which is accomplished using the finest segmentation system. Anatamoage tables are the company is digital anatomy learning that provide full-size digital cadaveric model in absence of human cadavers. Anatomage is the only 3D anatomy education tool that features anatomy and physiology functions.

Furthermore an additional reason for the request of DAC is exclusivity of technical functions of the Anatomage products. Anatomage are the only company in this sector who design and own all features in their product, others combine software from an array of sources – for these reasons the technical support for all features of anatomage products are provided solely from anatomage.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Any proceedings alleging that the University is in breach of its duties under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 must be started in the High Court of Northern Ireland, in accordance with the time limits set out in those Regulations. The University will not enter into the contract before the end of a period of at least 10 days beginning with the day after the date on which this voluntary transparency notice is published in the Official Journal.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £234,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 31 Mar 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ROCKFORD HEALTHCARE LIMITEDSubcontracting: declared£234,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
ROCKFORD HEALTHCARE LIMITED£234,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 from abroad———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Ulster

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation NIC100166 Block X Room X031, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SAContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of Justice in Northern IrelandReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.