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Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS)

Stimulator
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: NWSSP Cardiff and Vale Local Health Board: "Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNWSSP Cardiff and Vale Local Health BoardScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for NWSSP Cardiff and Vale Local Health Board. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNWSSP Cardiff and Vale Local Health Board
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published23 Jan 2024, 12:57 GMT
Last source update23 Jan 2024, 12:57 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationStimulator
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03a5a5
What is being bought
The Neurosciences department within Cardiff and Vale Local Health Board currently perform Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS) therapy. VNS therapy is delivered through an implanted device that sends mild pulses to the vagus nerve at regular intervals throughout the day in an effort to reduce and/or prevent seizures. Patients are referred to this type of therapy when drugs have failed to provide a more manageable treatment. These devices are programmable for a personalised therapy approach and the technology is highly specialised. Currently Livanova hold the monopoly of the global market for VSN products as they hold the patent for the manufacture and production of these stimulators, therefore the Health Board are proposing to award a two year contract.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    23 Jan 2024, 12:57 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    14 Feb 2023, 15:57 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    14 Feb 2023, 15:57 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    14 Feb 2023, 15:57 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    As stated in the description above.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    23 Jan 2024, 12:57 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 14 Feb 2023, 00:00 GMT · £600,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
LivaNova UK Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£600,000 · signed 14 Feb 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NWSSP Cardiff and Vale Local Health Board

Contracting authority GB-FTS-75284
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  • NWSSP Cardiff and Vale Local Health Board
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Woodland House, Maes-Y coed Road, Cardiff, UK, CF14 4HH
    nicola.arnold@wales.nhs.uk

  • High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079477501

  • LivaNova UK Ltd
    supplier

    1370 Montpellier Court, Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester, UKK1, GL34AH
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleLivanova hold the patent for VSN products and therefore have a monopoly of the global market. Due to this, the Health Board have no other option than to award a contract direct to Livanova UK Limited as these products are the only items that can reduce and/or prevent seizures for patients.