Official UK procurement notice
Supply of XVIVO Liver Assist Kits for Research at the University of Birmingham
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionX-vivo (previously Organ Assist) are a company who manufacture equipment and consumables to facilitate the perfusion of organs for transplantation.
To allow the continuation of several ongoing and future research projects we require the ability to purchase consumables and servicing of our existing equipment
CPV: Medical consumables
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 May 2022, 14:27 BST
- Last source update
- 4 May 2022, 14:27 BST
- Authority reference
FRAM541/22- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011507- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033390Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
X-vivo produces equipment for our perfusion projects which are uniquely manufactured and serviced by them alone. No other supplier manufactures consumables for Liver Assist devices nor do they have the expertise to service the devices. X-vivo has enabled us to create customized equipment to suit our project needs. The Liver Assist is a unique device in that it allows both normothermic (36 - 38 degrees Celsius) and hypothermic (2 - 10 degrees Celsius) perfusion of livers to facilitate our projects we require the ability to perfuse organs at varying temperatures. No other perfusion devices offer this dual function. We have several projects both ongoing and planned utilizing the Liver Assist device to perfuse liver organs to ensure research continuity.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 011507-2022-1
- Signed
- 4 May 2022
- Value
- £800,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- XVIVO ABFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.