Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Liquid Nitrogen
Authority: UK Biobank Ltd (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionUK Biobank (UKBB) and UK Biocentre (UKBC) require the supply of Liquid Nitrogen (LN). UKBB is tendering on behalf of itself and UKBC.
UK Biobank (UKBB) is a major national health resource, and a registered charity in its own right, with the aim of improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses – including cancer, heart diseases, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, eye disorders, depression and forms of dementia.
UK Biocentre (UKBC) was incorporated as a limited company on 4 May 2011 as a separate legal entity to its owner, UK Biobank, in order to utilise the skills and knowledge gained by UK Biobank in sample storage, processing, analysis and management. The primary service offered by UKBC to its customers is the collection, storage and assay of biological samples gathered from human volunteers.
This Contract Notice relates to the award of two contracts:
Lot 1 – Contract for the Supply of LN to UKBB’s site in Cheadle, Stockport, UK from 28 June 2021;
Lot 2 – Contract for the Supply of LN to UKBC’s sites located in Milton Keynes and Oxford, UK from 28 June 2021.
Tenders can be submitted for one or both of the Lots.
This specification (provided as part of the procurement documents) sets out the requirements for the supply of LN.
CPV: Liquid nitrogen
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Supply of Liquid Nitrogen to UK BiobankAwardedRenewal North West
UK Biobank (UKBB) requires the supply of Liquid Nitrogen (LN) of a minimum purity grade of 99% to its site in Cheadle, Stockport, UK from 28 June 2021.
UKBB have 2 x 50,000 litre tanks. UKBB will be responsible for the provision of the tanks and the pipework. All telemetry equipment required must be supplied and maintained by the supplier as part of this contract. The supplier is also required to service the UKBB tanks.
Indicative LN volumes required by UKBB are 290 metric tonnes (monthly volume) and 5,000 metric tonnes (maximum annual volume). It is not anticipated that these volumes will reduce. However, UKBB does not guarantee any volume of supply.
Further details are set out in the Specification.
Lot #2Supply of Liquid Nitrogen to UK BiocentreAwardedRenewal South East
UK Biocentre (UKBC) requires the supply of Liquid Nitrogen (LN) of a minimum purity grade of 99% to its sites in Milton Keynes and Oxford, UK from 28 June 2021.
UKBC have 2 x 2,000 litre tanks in Milton Keynes and 2 x 20,000 litre tanks in Oxford. UKBC will be responsible for the provision of the tanks and the pipework. All telemetry equipment required must be supplied and maintained by the supplier as part of this contract. Servicing of the UKBC tanks is not included within the scope of Lot 2.
Indicative volumes of LN required by UKBC are as follows:
Milton Keynes site: 10 metric tonnes (monthly volume) and 110 metric tonnes (maximum annual volume)
Oxford site: 70 metric tonnes (monthly volume) and 820 metric tonnes (maximum annual volume)
It is not anticipated that these volumes will reduce but they are expected to increase gradually by 10-15% over the next 2 years. However, UKBC does not guarantee any volume of supply.
Further details are set out in the Specification.
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 (4)
- Supply & Delivery: 10%
- Assurance of Supply: 35%
- price: 50%
- Environmental Policies: 5%
Published award criteria (4)
- Supply & Delivery: 10
- Assurance of Supply: 35
- Environmental Policies: 5
- Price: 50
- 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
- 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
- 24 Mar 2021, 17:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2021, 10:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Apr 2021 – …
- Authority reference
UKBB012- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023777- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029ee5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: UK Biobank reserves the right to discontinue or delay the procurement process and may decide not to award a contract for Lot 1 and/or Lot 2 as a result of this call for competition. UK Biobank shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any bidder in considering and/or responding to the procurement process. Tenders and supporting documents must be priced in pounds sterling and all payments made under the contract will be in pounds sterling, unless otherwise advised. Any volume of Liquid Nitrogen referred to within this Contract Notice and/or the procurement documents is indicative only and there is no guarantee or warranty of any Liquid Nitrogen volumes by UKBB or UKBC. The estimated contract value per Lot for the initial period of 12 months may be in the range of 430,000 - 450,000 GBP for UK Biobank (Lot 1) and 125,000 – 150,000 GBP for UK Biocentre (Lot 2), but it is not possible to provide an overall maximum estimated value for each of the contracts. However, based on the initial 12 month period highlighted above and whilst recognising the value may vary, the overall maximum value if the contracts are extended for the full 4 year period could be in the range of 1.5 – 1.8 million GBP for UK Biobank and 0.4 – 0.5 million GBP for UK Biocentre. The figures stated in Section II.1.5 and Section II.2.6 (for each of Lot 1 and Lot 2) are the maximum figures in these ranges. UKBB will incorporate a standstill period at the point the decision in relation to the award of the contracts is notified to bidders. The standstill period, which will be a minimum of ten (10) calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful bidders to lodge an appeal in regards to the award decisions, before the contracts are entered into. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (MT Ref:223966)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
28 Apr 2021 → 24 Sept 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline28 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until28 Jul 2021, 23:59 BST
- Notice published24 Sept 2021, 10:35 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete24 Sept 2021, 10:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Supply of Liquid Nitrogen to UK Biobank1 award | |||
| Air Products PLC | £659,545 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Supply of Liquid Nitrogen to UK Biocentre1 award | |||
| Air Products PLC | £142,873 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of Liquid Nitrogen to UK Biobank · Air Products PLC
- Signed
- 24 Sept 2021
- Value
- £659,545
- Status
- active
Supply of Liquid Nitrogen to UK Biocentre · Air Products PLC
- Signed
- 24 Sept 2021
- Value
- £142,873
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Supply of Liquid Nitrogen to UK Biobank | 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | — |
| 2 · Supply of Liquid Nitrogen to UK Biocentre | 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- UK Biocentre LtdContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Air Products PlcAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria