Official UK procurement notice
Laboratory Sample Transport Services
Authority: NHS Grampian (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Grampian has a requirement for the provision of a service for the transportation of urgent laboratory samples from the Laboratory Department at Dr Gray’s Hospital Elgin to laboratories at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, AB25 2ZD, AB25 2ZB and AB25 2ZN and to Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, AB25 2ZW and at Raigmore Hospital, IV2 3UJ. These deliveries may be urgent in nature.
Details will be on the tender documents in PCS-tender.
CPV: Courier services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Renewal
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality: 50%
- price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality: 50
- Price: 50
- Suitability
The provider should be well experienced in providing this type of service in a similar health board and should be compliant with the necessary qualifications licences and accreditations.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 31 Aug 2022, 16:39 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Aug 2022, 16:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Oct 2022 – …
- Authority reference
OC006-22- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-024358- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036495Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
NHSS Terms and condition for services December 2018 will apply
Publisher note: Additional information and supporting documents will be available on PCS- Tender. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 22256. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:704125)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 4 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
31 Aug 2022 → 4 Oct 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published31 Aug 2022, 16:39 BST
- Submission deadline4 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria