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Published 14 Jul 2023, 14:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval Services for the University of Birmingham

Official notice

Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT35.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Aug 2023awarded 11 Sept 2023
Awarded to BioGrad Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Birmingham (Sponsor) invites tenders for the supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval services for clinical trial samples within the United Kingdom.

CPV: Laboratory services · Storage services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply of Biorepository,…AwardedPublished value£500,000

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval services for clinical trial samples within the United Kingdom. The Bio storage service will be required to support the University Of Birmingham, Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit in managing the receipt, storage, retrieval and distribution of a variety of clinical trial samples. The laboratory should hold a valid Human Tissue Authority (HTA) license. Compliance with Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) and applicable regulatory requirements is desirable.

Delivery: West Midlands
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: 65%Price: 25%Environmental: 10%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Compliance to the Specifications: 40%
  • After Sales and Technical Back Up: 15%
  • Standard Supplier Questionnaire (SQ) Part 1 and Part 2: 10%
  • price: 25%
  • Sustainability and Environmental: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Compliance to the Specifications: 40
  • After Sales and Technical Back Up: 15
  • Sustainability and Environmental: 10
  • Standard Supplier Questionnaire (SQ) Part 1 and Part 2: 10
  • Price: 25
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Jul 2023, 14:08 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2023, 13:28 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Aug 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028621
Classification (CPV)
Laboratory servicesStorage services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e219 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
14 Aug 2023, 11:59 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Aug 2023 → 28 Sept 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Aug 2023, 11:59 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    28 Sept 2023, 13:28 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Sept 2023, 13:28 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £322,9521 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BioGrad Limited£322,952 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval Services for the University of Birmingham · BioGrad Limited

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    £322,952
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: RC000645 Edgbaston, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B152TTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • University of BirmighamReview body Edgbaston
  • University of BirminghamReview body Edgbaston

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.