Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Trust Headquarters, 2nd Floor, Non Clinical Support Building, Royal Victoria Hospital
Belfast
BT126BA
Contact
Michael Mac Mahon
FinanceProcurement@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKN06 - Belfast
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://belfasttrust.hscni.net
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
FibroScan 430+M and travel case
Reference number
DAC13211
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Procurement of FibroScan 430+M and travel case
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: £107,156.50
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
Main site or place of performance
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Procurement of FibroScan 430+M and travel case
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 services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
No other reasonable alternative or substitute exists for this procurement. No other manufacturer makes a mobile scanner capable of this functionality for detecting and diagnosing liver impairment. The absence of competition is not the result of the aritifical narrowing of the parameters of the procurement.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2025/S 000-004324
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
DAC13211
Title
FibroScan 430+M and travel case
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21 February 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Echosens UK Ltd
4 Burley House Caspian Road
Altrincham
WA14 5HH
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD6 - Cheshire
Companies House
11945055
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £107,156.50
Total value of the contract/lot: £107,156.50
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Knockbracken Healthcare Park
Belfast
BT8 8BH
FinanceProcurement@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Country
United Kingdom