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Published 2 Apr 2024, 10:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq

Official notice

Authority: Public Health Wales (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Wales (UKL22)
Awarded value£273,708published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Apr 2024no call for competition
Awarded to Illumina Cambridge Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Service and maintenance of equipment used by the Pathogen Genomics Unit (PenGU) to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Three year fixed service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq are required by…Awarded

Three year fixed service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq are required by PenGU in order to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales. Any equipment failures will add delays to the TAT and reduce resilience. The equipment can only be maintained by the Provider (Illumina Cambridge Ltd). They are the only supplier with the capability to maintain this equipment and the cost of repair, when out of contract, is significant.

Delivery: Wales · Cardiff
50421000 Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Apr 2024, 10:30 BST
Last source update
14 May 2024, 09:42 BST
Authority reference
PHW-STA-2324-061
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-015242
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment
Delivery area
Wales (UKL22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044eb9 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

This specialist equipment that can only be maintained by the Provider (Illumina Cambridge Ltd). The cost of repair, when out of contract, is significant.

Publisher note: (WA Ref:141442)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £273,7081 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 15 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Illumina Cambridge Ltd£273,708 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Illumina Cambridge Ltd£273,708 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Public Health Wales

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 2 Capital Quarter, 2 Capital Quarter, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 4BZContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Illumina Cambridge LtdAwarded supplier Chesterford Research Park, Little Chesterford, Nr Saffron Walden, East of England, CB101XL

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.