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SARS-CoV-2 Testing

  • Southern Health & Social Care Trust

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-034160

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-038a1b

Published 2 December 2022, 11:07am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Southern Health & Social Care Trust

CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL,68 LURGAN ROAD, PORTADOWN

CRAIGAVON

BT635QQ

Email

palsgransha.sourcing@hscni.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKN0 - Northern Ireland

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://southerntrust.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

SARS-CoV-2 Testing

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 33696500 - Laboratory reagents

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Provision of consumables, reagents, and associated equipment maintenance for in-house SARS-CoV-2, Flu and RSV testing on the Seegene platform.

Under regulation 5b technical difficulties of the Public Contract Regulations 2015

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: £850,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland
Main site or place of performance

Southern Health and Social Care Trust

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Provision of consumables, reagents, and associated equipment maintenance for in-house SARS-CoV-2, Flu and RSV testing on the Seegene platform.

Under regulation 5b technical difficulties of the Public Contract Regulations 2015

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

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

  • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

Provision of consumables, reagents, and associated equipment maintenance for in-house SARS-CoV-2, Flu and RSV testing on the Seegene platform.

Under regulation 5b technical difficulties of the Public Contract Regulations 2015

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

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

2 December 2022

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

Accuscience Ireland Ltd

Unit C3, M7 Business Park

Newhall, Naas

W91 XF79

Country

Ireland

NUTS code
  • IE - Ireland
Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £850,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £850,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Provision of consumables, reagents, and associated equipment maintenance for in-house SARS-CoV-2, Flu and RSV testing on the Seegene platform.

Under regulation 5b technical difficulties of the Public Contract Regulations 2015

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Southern Health and Social Care Turst

Craigavon

Country

United Kingdom