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Published 15 Jun 2021, 17:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Greater Glasgow Health Board Radiotherapy OMS, TPS and DICOM Archive

Official notice

Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)

4 lotsGoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£3,186,5184 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 4 Jun 2021
Awarded to Varian Medical Systems UK Ltd +2 more4 awards

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Greater Glasgow Health Board (more commonly known as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde) operates the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre (being the Gartnavel General Hospital and the Lanarkshire Beatson) and had a requirement to replace its treatment Oncology Management System, two treatment planning systems (TPS) and Radiotherapy DICOM Archive under the Scottish Government’s Radiotherapy Capital Equipment Replacement Programme (CERP).

This NHS Requirement included the provision for the purchase of the following Products:

Lot 1: Oncology Management System

Lot 2: Treatment Planning System 1

Lot 3: Treatment Planning System 2

Lot 4: Radiotherapy DICOM Archive

Contractors could tender for any single, or multiple lots, up to and including all 4 lots. Separate tenders should have been submitted for each lot. Contractors could submit more than 1 tender for any given lot. A single tender for more than 1 lot combined would not be considered.

CPV: Radiotherapy devices and supplies · Radiotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy and physical therapy devices

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Oncology Management SystemAwarded

The Oncology Management System (OMS) must operate as a single entity across the Beatson and be able to accommodate radiotherapy data and images for upwards of 230,000 patients, with over 4,000,000 treatment histories, and have the capacity for increases in radiotherapy workload for the next five years. The estimated increase in database growth is 10GB per annum with accompanying image storage growth of approximately 2TB per annum. Additional information: Contractors could tender for any single, or multiple lots, up to and including all 4 lots. Separate tenders should have been submitted for each lot. Contractors could submit more than 1 tender for any given lot. A single tender for more than 1 lot combined would not be considered.

Delivery: Scotland · The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow and The Lanarkshire Beatson University Hospital Monklands, Airdrie
Lot #2Treatment Planning System 1Awarded

It was envisaged that Treatment Planning Systems 1 and 2 would facilitate different functions in clinical use. Treatment Planning System 1 was intended to be the department’s primary pre-treatment planning system for almost all radical and palliative treatments. To that extent the systems required capacity to host a large number of simultaneous users executing a variety of planning functions such as outlining, optimisation and dose calculation. Additional information: Contractors could tender for any single, or multiple lots, up to and including all 4 lots. Separate tenders should have been submitted for each lot. Contractors could submit more than 1 tender for any given lot. A single tender for more than 1 lot combined would not be considered.

Delivery: Scotland · The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow and The Lanarkshire Beatson University Hospital Monklands, Airdrie
Lot #3Treatment Planning System 2Awarded

It was envisaged that Treatment Planning Systems 1 and 2 would facilitate different functions in clinical use.

Treatment Planning System 2 was intended primarily as a dose verification and quality assurance tool. It would perform multiple roles including secondary dose calculation for independent verification of monitor units, real time and off-line verification of on-treatment delivery via logging of key treatment variables and EPID Dosimetry, and logging of the department’s QA activity. Additional information: Contractors could tender for any single, or multiple lots, up to and including all 4 lots. Separate tenders should have been submitted for each lot. Contractors could submit more than 1 tender for any given lot. A single tender for more than 1 lot combined would not be considered.

Delivery: Scotland · The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow and The Lanarkshire Beatson University Hospital Monklands, Airdrie
Lot #4Radiotherapy DICOM ArchiveAwarded

It was essential that the DICOM Archive offered provided a high level of integration, at both the software and hardware levels, with the Beatson’s existing imaging facilities and all commonly available oncology management systems and treatment planning systems. The need to duplicate or import and export data and images must have been minimised to maximise service efficiency and work. Additional information: Contractors could tender for any single, or multiple lots, up to and including all 4 lots. Separate tenders should have been submitted for each lot. Contractors could submit more than 1 tender for any given lot. A single tender for more than 1 lot combined would not be considered.

Delivery: Scotland · The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow and The Lanarkshire Beatson University Hospital Monklands, Airdrie

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • NHS Requirement: 30%
  • Implementation: 30%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • NHS Requirement: 30
  • Implementation: 30
  • Cost: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Jun 2021, 17:15 BST
Last source update
15 Jun 2021, 17:15 BST
Authority reference
SLC818/2020
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013528
Classification (CPV)
Radiotherapy devices and suppliesRadiotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy and physical therapy devices
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM8)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bc4b Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:

An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: The estimated value referred to in Sections II.1.7 and V.2.4 covered the contract duration of all four lots of the agreement. Contractors could tender for any single, or multiple lots, up to and including all 4 lots. Separate tenders should have been submitted for each lot. Contractors could submit more than 1 tender for any given lot. A single tender for more than 1 lot combined would not be considered. Tenders for each lot would be evaluated separately and an award for each lot made separately. (SC Ref:657418)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 4
Awarded value £3,186,5184 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 97 from SMEs
Contracts signed 4latest 4 Jun 2021

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Oncology Management System1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
2 · Treatment Planning System 12bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad1——
3 · Treatment Planning System 23bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad3——
4 · Radiotherapy DICOM Archive3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 9EBContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sherriff Court HouseReview body EdinburghContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice
  • Oncology Systems LimitedAwarded supplier 14 Longbow Professional Centre, Longbow Close, Shrewsbury, West Midlands, SY1 3GZContact phone
  • Pukka-J LimitedAwarded supplier Blackwell Farm, Chandlers Lane, Bishops Cannings, South West, SN10 2JZContact phone
  • Varian Medical Systems UK LtdAwarded supplier Gatwick Road, Crawley, South East, RH10 9RGContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.