Flow Cytometry Unit Bundle Service Contract

Official notice

Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG31)

Awarded value£272,192published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Dec 2021

Awarded to Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Flow Cytometry Unit at the University of Birmingham supports flow cytometry, cell sorting and mass cytometry across the University of Birmingham (UoB); the Technology Hub Flow Cytometry core facility is based in the Institute of Biomedical Research (IBR) in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences (MDS), the Flow Cytometry team also support instruments in the UoB Laboratories at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Institute of Translational Medicine and the College of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES).

To ensure quality control and the highest level of service we require to have service contracts in place for all our equipment with the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The purchase is for all the service contracts (as a bundle) to the existing equipment and will be for a period of 3 years.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1

Delivery: West Midlands

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 13 Dec 2021, 11:46 GMT
Last source update: 13 Dec 2021, 11:46 GMT
Authority reference: SC9832/21
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-030926
Classification (CPV): Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030045 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; Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive; New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: The equipment specified is serviceable by the original supplier only. No other flow cytometry supplier or service company have access to the parts or components, nor do they have the appropriate expertise to service the equipment.
We have specific responsibility to ensure service contracts are in place since some of our equipment support clinical trials.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £272,1921 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Dec 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited	£272,192 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Flow Cytometry Unit Bundle Service Contract · Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited
Signed
13 Dec 2021
Value
£272,192
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University of Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B15 2TTContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

BECTON, DICKINSON U.K. LIMITEDAwarded supplier 1030 Eskdale Road, Winnersh Triangle, Wokingham, South East, RG41 5TS

Official documents & specifications

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