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Published 13 Apr 2021, 10:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NHS Tayside Radiotherapy HDR Brachytherapy Afterloader Unit

Official notice

Authority: NHS Tayside (NHS & healthcare)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£300,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 May 2021awarded 21 Sept 2021
Awarded to Varian Medical Systems UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Procurement Exercise was for the purchase of the following Product to be installed at the Tayside Cancer Centre located at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee:

1 x HDR Brachytherapy Afterloader Unit and Turnkey Installation

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Tayside Health Board (more commonly known as NHS Tayside) operates the Tayside Cancer…AwardedPublished value£300,000

Tayside Health Board (more commonly known as NHS Tayside) operates the Tayside Cancer Centre (being located at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee) and had a requirement to replace its current PDR Brachytherapy Afterloader Unit under the Scottish Government’s Radiotherapy Capital Equipment Replacement Programme (CERP).

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

1 x HDR Brachytherapy Afterloader Unit and Turnkey Installation

Delivery: Scotland · Tayside Cancer Centre Ninewells Hospital Dundee Scotland
Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • NHS Requirement: 40%
  • Implementation: 30%
  • Financial: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
  • NHS Requirement: 40
  • Implementation: 30
  • Financial: 30
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: 4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 600000 GBP for the last 3 years. 4B.2.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly "specific" turnover of 600000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract. 4B.5 It is…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
13 Apr 2021, 10:44 BST
Last source update
12 Oct 2021, 16:35 BST
Award evaluation window
21 May 2021 – …
Authority reference
SLC818/2021
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025510
Classification (CPV)
Radiotherapy devices and suppliesRadiotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy and physical therapy devices
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a567 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic ordering
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 values referred to in Sections II.1.7 and V.2.4 cover the Capital Equipment purchase, warranty period and Turnkey Installation of the Contract. (SC Ref:670397)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
21 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
21 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 May 2021 → 12 Oct 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    21 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    21 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    12 Oct 2021, 16:35 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Oct 2021, 16:35 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £532,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Varian Medical Systems UK Ltd£532,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Tayside

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 9SYContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sherriff Court HouseReview body DundeeContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.