Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 15 Mar 2023, 15:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Consolidation of All Wales Medical Genomics Service Illumina Maintenance Contracts

Official notice

Authority: Cardiff and Vale Health Board

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Wales (UKL22)

Awarded value£180,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Mar 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Illumina Cambridge Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The consolidation of the All-Wales Medical Genomics Service's Illumina Cambridge maintenance contracts. Incumbent supplier Illumina Cambridge currently have several machinery and equipment within the service that requires annual service agreements. This contract is for the alignment of the current contracts to ensure continuity going forward with one start date.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The consolidation of Illumina Cambridge Maintenance Contracts, on equipment owned by…Awarded

The consolidation of Illumina Cambridge Maintenance Contracts, on equipment owned by the All-Wales Medical Genomics Service based within the Cardiff and Vale Health Board.

Incumbent supplier Illumina Cambridge are the only viable option for the maintenance of their machines, hence this procurement will be a single award. The consolidation of the maintenance contracts will provide continuity going forward and one start date for a new combined contract.

The below maintenance contracts will be consolidated for the 2023/24 financial year:

NovaSeq 6000 Support plan x2

NextSeq 550 Support plan x2

VeriSeq Nipt analysis support plan x1

Dragen Server Support plan x1

MiSeq support plan x2

Delivery: Wales

50400000 Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Services
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: 15 Mar 2023, 15:13 GMT
Last source update: 4 May 2023, 08:55 BST
Authority reference: CAV-STA (22-23) 112
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-012733
Classification (CPV): Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
Delivery area: Wales (UKL22)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b319 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The award for the consolidation of maintenance contracts provided by Illumina Cambridge are the incumbent supplier of the service carried out for the Cardiff & Vale Health Board. This award is for the consolidation of contracts, ending the current maintenance contracts on the 31st March 2024. Providing one clear start date for maintenance contracts provided by supplier Illumina Cambridge going into the 2024/25 financial year. Hence no call for prior competition was made to the wider European market.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership on behalf of Velindre University NHS Trust will allow a minimum 10 calendar
day standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract.
Unsuccessful tenderers and applicants are entitled to receive reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages
of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/applicant was unsuccessful. Should additional information be required it should be
requested of the addressee in section I.1. Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the procurement rules
have the right to take action in the High Court (England and Wales). Any such action is subject to strict time limits in accordance with the
Public Contracts (Amendments) Regulations 2015.

Publisher note: (WA Ref:131276)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £180,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 13 Mar 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Illumina Cambridge Ltd	£180,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Illumina Cambridge Ltd	£180,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 007559-2023-CAV-STA (22-23) 112-1 · Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Signed
13 Mar 2023
Value
£180,000
Status
active
Contract 012733-2023-CAV-STA (22-23) 112-1 · Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Signed
13 Mar 2023
Value
£180,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cardiff and Vale Health Board

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Woodland House, Maes-y-coed Road, Cardiff, UK, CF14 4HHContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Illumina Cambridge LtdAwarded supplier Illumina Centre, 19 Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, UK, CB216DFContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.