Official UK procurement notice
Automated NAT Assay System
Authority: Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSNBTS wishes to contract for the provision of an automated NAT assay system, incorporating all equipment, test kits, reagents, relevant controls and calibrators, I.T.peripherals, delivery, installation, training and fully comprehensive systems maintenance.
CPV: Medical equipments
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1SNBTS wishes to contract for the provision of an automated NAT assay system,…AwardedRenewal
SNBTS wishes to contract for the provision of an automated NAT assay system, incorporating all equipment, test kits, reagents, relevant controls and calibrators, I.T peripherals, delivery, installation, training and fully comprehensive systems maintenance.
The SNBTS NMRU (National Microbiological Reference Unit) provides confirmatory and screening services for blood borne infections that can be acquired through transfusion and transplantation, in addition the NMRU perform look-back investigations on confirmed positive donors and suspected transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs).
NMRU currently use in-house assimilated assays for HCV, HIV and HBV NAT testing. These are fully validated and have been used within SNBTS for many years. The assays involve two stages; nucleic acid extraction and polymerase chain amplification (PCR).
In addition to the need to replace the current PCR platform (which will involve replacement of current assays) used for HCV, HIV & HBV NAT in NMRU, it is anticipated that the number of HBV NAT assays performed will increase significantly after SaBTO recommend anti-HBc screening for blood donors. Anti-HBc screening will generate a significant number of confirmatory HBV NAT tests and HBV NAT tests associated with lookback investigation on donors confirmed to be anti-HBc reactive. This will increase the NMRU annual workload for HBV NAT tests significantly (100 test cf. 2000-3000 in year 1 of anti-HBc screening, 1000 in year 2 and 500 in subsequent years).
Therefore, a small scale automated platform will be essential for NMRU to cope with the increased volume of HBV NAT testing due to the implementation of anti-HBc screening testing
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Price: 20
- Economic & financial standing
As per Section 4B of the SPD Bidders Must provide information on Economic and Financial Standing in the section of the SPD relating to this.
4B (1.71.2) – Last 3 years’ turnover
Insurance Requirements:
4B (1.71.12)
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)
Public Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)
Product Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)
- Technical & professional ability
As per Section 4C (question 1.74.3 - 4C.1.2) of the SPD Bidders Must provide information on Services in the section of the SPD relating to this.
Question Description
Please provide relevant examples of supplies and/or services carried out during the last three years as specified in the Contract Notice:
(Examples from both public and/or private sector customers and clients may be provided)
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Nov 2021, 11:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Feb 2022, 15:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Dec 2021 – …
- Authority reference
NSS212241- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004028- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f685Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
Publisher note: (SC Ref:682927)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
22 Dec 2021 → 11 Feb 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline22 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened22 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published11 Feb 2022, 15:04 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 Feb 2022, 15:04 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cepheid | £330,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004028-2022-NSS212241-1 · Cepheid
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2022
- Value
- £330,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cepheid UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.