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Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 26/03/2020

External Reference: 2020-228524

TED Reference: 2020/S 062-148014

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

St James's Hospital
N/A
James Street
Dublin
Dublin 8
IE
Contact person: Pat Sullivan
Telephone: +353 14162468
E-mail: pfsullivan@stjames.ie
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.Stjames.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/395

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Expression of Interest for the tender for the provision of Molecular and Serology analysers for the Microbiology Department within St James’s Hospital Dublin
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

38000000  -  Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

The Microbiology Laboratory at St. James’s Hospital is a large diagnostic laboratory comprising of individual sections including the Molecular Laboratory and the Serology Laboratory. These two laboratories are managed by two Chief Medical Scientists (with scientific and administrative roles in each laboratory) under the direction of a Consultant Virologist. Each section has two Senior Medical Scientists and two / three Medical Scientists who run each section on a daily basis.
The Molecular and Serology laboratories provide a diagnostic service for a large number of service users including hospital patients, specialised STI clinics and GPs in the catchment area. The Microbiology Laboratory is tendering for the provision of molecular and serology analysers in two separate lots to improve the service provided.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  1600000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Molecular Laboratory
Lot No:  1
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

33696500  -  Laboratory reagents
51430000  -  Installation services of laboratory equipment
71900000  -  Laboratory services
38000000  -  Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
James Street
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Virology Department consists of two Sections, Serology & Molecular, under the supervision and direction of Dr Brendan Crowley, Consultant Virologist and managed by Chief Medical Scientist Ms Yvonne Lynagh. These departments are responsible for the processing and reporting on the majority of the STI requests which has increased by approximately 50% in the last 5 years. Molecular has seen an increase in workload over the last 5 years of 46% for CT/NG and HBV assays and Serology has seen an increase 49% mainly around Hepatitis B, C, HIV and Syphilis. In Serology, the platform used to process the Blood Borne Viruses and Syphilis screening is the Abbott Architect, of which there are two in the department. The Abbott m2000 in the Molecular Department, of which there are also two are used to process samples for CT/NG PCR and HBV Viral Loads.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  1  /  Weighting:  1
Price  -  Weighting:  40/60
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Serology Laboratory
Lot No:  2
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

33696500  -  Laboratory reagents
51430000  -  Installation services of laboratory equipment
71900000  -  Laboratory services
38000000  -  Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
James Street
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Virology Department consists of two Sections, Serology & Molecular, under the supervision and direction of Dr Brendan Crowley, Consultant Virologist and managed by Chief Medical Scientist Ms Yvonne Lynagh. These departments are responsible for the processing and reporting on the majority of the STI requests which has increased by approximately 50% in the last 5 years. Molecular has seen an increase in workload over the last 5 years of 46% for CT/NG and HBV assays and Serology has seen an increase 49% mainly around Hepatitis B, C, HIV and Syphilis. In Serology, the platform used to process the Blood Borne Viruses and Syphilis screening is the Abbott Architect, of which there are two in the department. The Abbott m2000 in the Molecular Department, of which there are also two are used to process samples for CT/NG PCR and HBV Viral Loads.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Price
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2019/S 149-366485

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Molecular Laboratory

A contract/lot is awarded: no
V.1)

Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 2

Title: Serology Laboratory

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

25/03/2020
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Abbott Diagnostics
IE 8/P/56068T
4051 Kingswood Drive
Dublin 24
Citywest Business Ca
IE
Telephone: +353 014691569
E-mail: janice.dunne@abbott.com
Internet address: http://www.abbott.com

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  2300000.00  EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:  1500000.00  EUR

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 3

Title: Lot 3 Middleware

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

25/03/2020
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Abbott Diagnostics
IE 8/P/56068T
4051 Kingswood Drive
Dublin 24
Citywest Business Ca
IE
Telephone: +353 014691569
E-mail: janice.dunne@abbott.com
Internet address: http://www.abbott.com

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  100000.00  EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:  71000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

St James's Hospital
29 Abbotstown ave
Dublin
D11
IE
E-mail: patsullivan29@hotmail.com
Internet address: www.stjames.ie