Awarded contract

Procurement of Ivacaftor 150mg Tablets (28 tablet pack) from Vertex Pharmaceuticals

  • BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2022/S 000-016373

Published 15 June 2022, 10:11am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

LISBURN ROAD

BELFAST

BT97AB

Contact

Norma Moore

Email

norma.moore@belfasttrust.hscni.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKN06 - Belfast

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

Procurement of Ivacaftor 150mg Tablets (28 tablet pack) from Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Reference number

DACPM2022-05

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 Ivacaftor 150mg Tablets (28 tablet pack) from Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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: £25,000,000

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 Ivacaftor 150mg Tablets (28 tablet pack) from Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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:
    • protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Explanation:

These are branded patent protected medicines that are essential to patient care and are available from only one economic operator. BHSCT can confirm that the absence of competition is not a result of the artificial 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


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

DACPM2022-05

Title

Procurement of Ivacaftor 150mg Tablets (28 tablet pack) from Vertex Pharmaceuticals

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

9 June 2022

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

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Level 9, Paddington Central 4 Kingdom Street,

London

W2 6BD

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Internet address

https://www.vrtx.com/

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: £25,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £25,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Belfast

BT8 8BH

Email

norma.moore@belfasttrust.hscni.net

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://belfasttrust.hscni.net/