Award

The Provision of CELLEX Extracorporeal Photopheresis Equipment, Maintenance, Procedural Kits & Training Services

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-004889

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04de87

Published 13 February 2025, 11:29am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL, HUCKNALL ROAD

NOTTINGHAM

NG51PB

Contact

Denville Powell

Email

denville.powell@nuh.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 7812276553

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKF14 - Nottingham

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.nuh.nhs.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

The Provision of CELLEX Extracorporeal Photopheresis Equipment, Maintenance, Procedural Kits & Training Services

Reference number

C334867

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 33100000 - Medical equipments

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

The Provision of CELLEX Extracorporeal Photopheresis Equipment, Maintenance, Procedural Kits & Training Services.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £2,086,500

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 33140000 - Medical consumables

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF14 - Nottingham
Main site or place of performance

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Provision of Equipment, Maintenance, Procedural Kits and Training Services .

Required for the treatment of patients suffering from:

Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma (CTCL) +18 years of age, Acute and Chronic Graft versus Host disease (aGvHD, cGVHD) + 3 years of age and Solid Organ Transplant Rejection (SOT) (Lung and Heart) + 18 years of age

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is regional center for Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) services and treatment. NUH receive ECP referrals from Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire NHS Trusts.

NUH Haematology department currently perform ECP treatment for Patients experiencing severe acute Graft vs host disease.

Without this treatment Patients experiencing Graft vs Host disease would experience severe life limiting symptoms as a result of their disease and in severe cases could contribute to death.

Continuity of ECP service delivery with incumbent supplier is essential to ensure NUH Patients and regional Patient referrals treatments are performed with current equipment, procedural kits and also the training provision for NUH Haematology Nurses.

Without the Cellex equipment in situ, procedural kits and training provision NUH Haematology ECP service wouldn't be able to provide essential ECP treatment for its Patients or regional Patient referrals.

In addition any disruption the ECP service delivery could cause harm to our Patients.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

C334867

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

10 February 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Therakos UK Ltd 3 Lotus Park, The Causeway Staines Upon Thames TW18 3AG

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Companies House

08246321

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £2,086,500


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The Royal Court of Justice

London

Country

United Kingdom