ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/09/2021

External Reference: 2021-276673

TED Reference: 2021/S 184-479595

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Health Service Executive (HSE)
N/A
Head Office
Naas
Millennium Park
IE
Contact person: Enda Caulfield
Telephone: +353 1111111111
E-mail: enda.caulfield@hse.ie
Fax: +353 1111111111
NUTS code:  IE0 -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.hse.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/461

I.2)

Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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

Provision of a Referral Tests Management Service for Laboratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital
Reference number:  HSE Project 13589
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

71900000  -  Laboratory services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Laboratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital (LMCUH) requires a referral tests management service to provide for the collection, transport, testing and electronic reporting of specific referral tests. The successful vendor must work with LMCUH in the provision and on-going management of such a service. For the purposes of simplification only, the provision of this service is broken into three Lots:
Lot 1: Collection and transport only of samples required.
Lot 2: The collection, transport, testing and electronic reporting of samples i.e. all services to be provided by the contracted provider.
Lot 3: The collection and transport of specimens to a referral laboratory specified by LMCUH
The three Lots comprise a single tender competition and only one supplier will be appointed to carry out the services required under all three Lots. Tenderers should only apply for this competition if they are capable of providing the services required under all three Lots.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  6672778.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

71900000  -  Laboratory services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE0 -  IRELAND
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Main site or place of performance:  
Cork University Hospital
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Laboratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital (LMCUH) requires a referral tests management service to provide for the collection, transport, testing and electronic reporting of specific referral tests. The successful vendor must work with LMCUH in the provision and on-going management of such a service. For the purposes of simplification only, the provision of this service is broken into three Lots:
Lot 1: Collection and transport only of samples required. These samples are processed by various national reference laboratories and the cost is paid within the HSE. One collection per day is required between 16:00 – 17:00.
Lot 2: The collection, transport, testing and electronic reporting of samples i.e. all services to be provided by the contracted provider.
Lot 3: The collection and transport of specimens to a referral laboratory specified by LMCUH on the basis of clinical requirements as determined by Clinical Lead, LMCUH.
The three Lots comprise a single tender competition and only one supplier will be appointed to carry out the services required under all three Lots. Tenderers should only apply for this competition if they are capable of providing the services required under all three Lots.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality  /  Weighting:  60%
Price  -  Weighting:  40%
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

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 179-432953

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Provision of a Referral Tests Management Service for Laboratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

06/09/2021
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  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

Viapath Analytics LLP
London
UK
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Lowest offer:  6672778.00  EUR / Highest offer:  6672778.00  EUR   taken into consideration

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Irish High Court
Dublin
IE