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Published 28 Jun 2024, 10:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Support of existing NHSBT owned Multi-functional Apheresis Systems

Official notice

Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£3,500,000exc. VAT42.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 5 Aug 2024awarded 13 Dec 2024
Awarded to Terumo BCT Europe NV

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract Award Notice is for the Supply of Maintenance, consumables and training in support of NHSBT's fleet of the existing TerumoBCT Spectra Optia machines.

CPV: Medical consumables · Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) function operates within the Clinical…Awarded

The Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) function operates within the Clinical Services directorate of NHSBT. Multi-disciplinary TAS teams operate from eight regional hub units and three 3 spoke sites that are based within Acute NHS Trusts across England and South Wales. Each unit provides a portfolio of therapeutic treatments to both adult and paediatric patients from across a range of clinical specialities. TAS treatments provided using multi-functional apheresis technology include: Collection Procedures: Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection & Lymphocyte Collection; Exchange Procedures: Plasma Exchange and Automated Red Cell Exchange; Depletion Procedures: White Cell Depletion, Platelet Depletion and Bone Marrow processing.<br/>This Contract Award Notice is for the Supply of Maintenance, consumables and training in support of NHSBT's fleet of the existing TerumoBCT Spectra Optia machines.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: NHS Blood and Transplant has the option to extend the Contract by 1 x 12-month period.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: 20%Price: 70%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 20%
  • Whole Life Cost: 70%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 20
  • Social Value: 10
  • Whole Life Cost: 70
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    "In accordance with Regulations 57, 58 and 60 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, applicants will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, on the basis of information provided in response to the Selection Questionnaire."

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
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
28 Jun 2024, 10:14 BST
Last source update
17 Dec 2024, 10:26 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
C325927
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040553
Classification (CPV)
Medical consumablesRepair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047341 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
5 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
15 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Aug 2024 → 17 Dec 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    5 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    15 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    17 Dec 2024, 10:26 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Dec 2024, 10:26 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Dec 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Terumo BCT Europe NV£5,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Blood and Transplant

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentRegional or local authorityHealth 500 North Bristol Park, Bristol, South West, BS34 7QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Terumo BCT Europe NVAwarded supplier0413166055 Ikaroslaan 41, 1930, Zaventem, Zaventem, BE, 1930Contact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria