Official UK procurement notice
Red Cell Serology · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSNBTS wishes to contract for the provision of a managed service comprising the supply of Integrated Red Cell Serology Testing technology, incorporating all equipment, test kits, reagents, relevant controls and calibrators, I.T.peripherals, delivery, installation, training and fully comprehensive systems maintenance.
The intention is to split the procurement into 2 separate Lots:
Lot 1 for Patient Services
Lot 2 for Donation Testing.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Red Cell Serology - Patient ServicesAwardedRenewal
The five SNBTS Clinical laboratories provide comprehensive, 24 hours per day Blood Banking Services to their host hospitals. Reference work is undertaken for other hospitals in each area. The laboratories vary considerably in size, throughput and the range of tests performed. Thus the equipment needed at each site must be tailored to each laboratory’s needs but yet deliver single system working across SNBTS wherever possible.
A range of patient samples including paediatric, and increasing numbers of monoclonal therapy patients are referred for serological investigation by automated and manual testing. Testing is primarily performed on patient’s EDTA plasma samples but equipment/assays must be validated for EDTA and serum sample types.
; tests performed are:
- ABO RhD and K
- IAT screening (triple screen)
- DAT
- Antibody ID panel
- Serial titrations
- Phenotyping
Indicative numbers of samples tested per annum by each centre are as follows:
Edinburgh – 61,000 samples
Glasgow – 2,800 samples, predominantly samples referred for specialist serological investigation
Dundee – 39,000 samples
Inverness – 18,000 samples
Aberdeen – 51,000 samples
Lot #2Red Cell Serology - Donation TestingAwardedRenewal
The Donation Testing Directorate requires a solution in Edinburgh (JCC) to perform automated testing. Indicative numbers of samples per annum are as follows:
- IAT Screening of donors (Triple Screen) – 15,000 samples
- Full ID panel – 300 samples
- DAT – 2500 samples
- ABO RhD – 2,250 samples
- Titre (1/50) – 300 samples
- Extended phenotype (Under consideration*)
*Donor Testing have an interest in a cost effective solution to automate extended phenotyping including Fya, Fyb, Jka, Jkb, M, S, s
Present demand for this test is driven by clinical requirements and can be quite variable each day. Time of testing each day is also variable.
Current testing is performed and reported against red book recommendations.
Donation Testing hours of operation are as follows:
Working day - 07:00am hours to 16:00pm hours Monday to Sunday (inclusive)
SNBTS would expect that customer support would be available during the laboratories core operating hours of 9.00am – 17.00pm, Monday – Friday, any proposed solution must ensure a robust level of resilience to maintain continuous service delivery to our users on each site
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: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
As per Section 4B of the ESPD Bidders Must provide information on Economic and Financial Standing in the section of the ESPD relating to this.
4B (1.72.2) – Last 3 years turnover
Insurance Requirements:
4B (1.72.12)
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)
Public Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)
Product Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)
- Technical & professional ability
As per Section 4C (question 1.75.3 - 4C.1.2) of the ESPD Bidders Must provide information on Services in the section of the ESPD relating to this.
Question Description
Please provide relevant examples of supplies and/or services carried out during the last three years as specified in the Contract Notice:
(Examples from both public and/or private sector customers and clients may be provided)
- 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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Jul 2021, 10:25 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2022, 09:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Nov 2021 – …
- Authority reference
NSS212204- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018702- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c6a8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
Publisher note: (SC Ref:690771)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
22 Nov 2021 → 8 Jul 2022 · 4 dates- Next notice expected22 Nov 2021
- Submission deadline29 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened29 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published8 Jul 2022, 09:26 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2021- Status changed to active20 Oct 2021, 10:05 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Oct 2021, 10:05 BST
- Deadline published: 29 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT20 Oct 2021, 10:05 BST
- Status changed to complete8 Jul 2022, 09:26 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Red Cell Serology - Patient Services1 award | |||
| Grifols UK | £3,100,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Red Cell Serology - Donation Testing1 award | |||
| IBG Immucor LtdSME | £208,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Red Cell Serology - Patient Services · Grifols UK
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2022
- Value
- £3,100,000
- Status
- active
Red Cell Serology - Donation Testing · IBG Immucor LtdSME
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2022
- Value
- £208,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Red Cell Serology - Patient Services | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Red Cell Serology - Donation Testing | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Grifols Uk LtdAwarded supplier
- IBG Immucor LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.