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LSL/MED/0156 - Supply of Intraosseous Devices

  • Leidos Supply

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-030153

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-040b82

Published 12 October 2023, 3:51pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Leidos Supply

Monarch Court, 8 The Brooms, Emersons Green

Bristol

Email

peter.obrien-2@uk.leidos.com

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.leidos-supply.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

LSL/MED/0156 - Supply of Intraosseous Devices

Reference number

LSL/MED/0156

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 33132000 - Dental implant

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Leidos Supply Ltd intends to award a single source framework for the The Supply of Intraosseous Devices.

TFX Incorporated (The parent company of TFX Group Limited) are the sole manufacturer of the EZ-IO Intraosseous

vascular access system and own all associated brands and global distribution.

The supplier (TFX Group Limited) are the sole importer of record registered with the

HMRC, the MHRA and act as the UK Responsible Person representing the Legal manufacturer,

and as such own the rights to supply and distribute these products within the UK market.

It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EC of the European Parliament (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of PCR 2015).

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

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

Lowest offer: £3,600,000 / Highest offer: £9,000,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 33140000 - Medical consumables

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following

reasons:

- The protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

- for additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical

characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation

or maintenance (Regulation 32(5)(b) of PCR 2015).

Leidos Supply Ltd intends to award a single source framework for the The Supply of Intraosseous Devices, TFX Group Limited are the only supplier capable of meeting the customers requirement.

TFX Incorporated (The parent company of TFX Group Limited) are the sole manufacturer of the EZ-IO Intraosseous

vascular access system and own all associated brands and global distribution.

The supplier (TFX Group Limited) are the sole importer of record registered with the

HMRC, the MHRA and act as the UK Responsible Person representing the Legal manufacturer,

and as such own the rights to supply and distribute these products within the UK market.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

  • The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development
  • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
  • Additional deliveries by the original supplier

Explanation:

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following

reasons:

- The protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

- for additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical

characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation

or maintenance (Regulation 32(5)(b) of PCR 2015).

Leidos Supply Ltd intends to award a single source framework for the The Supply of Intraosseous Devices, TFX Group Limited are the only supplier capable of meeting the customers requirement.

TFX Incorporated (The parent company of TFX Group Limited) are the sole manufacturer of the EZ-IO Intraosseous

vascular access system and own all associated brands and global distribution.

The supplier (TFX Group Limited) are the sole importer of record registered with the

HMRC, the MHRA and act as the UK Responsible Person representing the Legal manufacturer,

and as such own the rights to supply and distribute these products within the UK market.

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

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/concession

Contract No

LSL/MED/0156

Title

Supply of Intraosseous Devices

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

13 September 2023

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

TFX Group Limited

Grosvenor House, Horseshoe Crescent

Old Town Beaconsfield

HP9 1LJ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

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

Lowest offer: £3,600,000 / Highest offer: £9,000,000 taken into consideration

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a security aspects letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Leidos Supply Ltd

8 Monarch Court, The Brooms, Emersons Green

Bristol

BS16 7FH

Email

Peter.OBrien-2@uk.leidos.com

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Leidos Supply Ltd

8 Monarch Court, The Brooms, Emersons Green

Bristol

BS16 7FH

Email

Peter.OBrien-2@uk.leidos.com

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Leidos Supply Ltd

8 Monarch Court, The Brooms, Emersons Green

Bristol

BS16 7FH

Email

Peter.OBrien-2@uk.leidos.com

Country

United Kingdom