Contract

Supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval Services for the University of Birmingham

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-028621

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03e219

Published 28 September 2023, 1:28pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Edgbaston

BIRMINGHAM

B152TT

Contact

Kseniya Samsonik

Email

k.samsonik@bham.ac.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG31 - Birmingham

Companies House

RC000645

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.birmingham.ac.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval Services for the University of Birmingham

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71900000 - Laboratory services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The University of Birmingham (Sponsor) invites tenders for the supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval services for clinical trial samples within the United Kingdom.

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: £500,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 63121100 - Storage services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG3 - West Midlands

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval services for clinical trial samples within the United Kingdom. The Bio storage service will be required to support the University Of Birmingham, Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit in managing the receipt, storage, retrieval and distribution of a variety of clinical trial samples. The laboratory should hold a valid Human Tissue Authority (HTA) license. Compliance with Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) and applicable regulatory requirements is desirable.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Compliance to the Specifications / Weighting: 40

Quality criterion - Name: After Sales and Technical Back Up / Weighting: 15

Quality criterion - Name: Sustainability and Environmental / Weighting: 10

Quality criterion - Name: Standard Supplier Questionnaire (SQ) Part 1 and Part 2 / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: 25

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-020324


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Supply of Biorepository, Archiving and Retrieval Services for the University of Birmingham

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11 September 2023

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

BioGrad Limited

Liverpool

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD72 - Liverpool
Companies House

09225198

The contractor is an SME

Yes

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

Total value of the contract/lot: £322,952.01


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Country

United Kingdom