Official UK procurement notice
CLI-OJEU-54789 All Wales Blood Collection Systems
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services (NWSSP ProcS), hosted by Velindre NHS Trust, invites tenders on behalf of NHS Wales to appoint suitably qualified supplier(s) for Blood Collection Systems.
This procurement will involve the establishment of a Framework Agreement. The duration of this contract will be four years with an option to extend for further two years (maximum six years).
Please refer to the ITT documentation found at etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗
- Recurrence: October 2030
CPV: Arterial needles · Blood lancets · Venepuncture, blood sampling devices
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 12 suppliers · 3 bids on the busiest of 4 lots (0.3 per place) · 3 appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Specimen Collection Tubes (Evacuated) including Support Products and Collection SetsAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,500,000
Specimen Collection Tubes (Evacuated) including Support Products and Collection Sets.
Support products includes, tube holders and transfer devices
Lot #2Specimen collection, non-evacuated tubes, and support productsAwardedRenewalPublished value£138,000
A tube used to collect a capillary or low draw blood specimen obtained through venepuncture. Specifically in babies, small children, or patients with difficult veins.
Lot #3Arterial Blood Gas syringesAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,578,000
Used to take blood samples from an artery to determine levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood
Lot #4Lancets – Finger incisionCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,026,000
Used to puncture the skin to obtain a small blood specimen
Lot #5Lancets – Heel incisionAwardedRenewalPublished value£198,000
Used to puncture the skin of small children and babies to obtain a small blood specimen
Lot #6Non-safety neonate needlesCancelledRenewalPublished value£24,000
Used in paediatrics for the collection of a blood specimen
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- QUALITY: 60%
- COST: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- QUALITY: 60
- COST: 40
- Suitability
As stated in the ITT document
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “CLI-OJEU-54789 All Wales Blood Collection Systems” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 12 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · October 2030
- First published
- 9 Nov 2023, 15:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Jul 2024, 15:37 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Dec 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CLI-OJEU-54789- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021294- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041721Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the ITT document
Publisher note: (WA Ref:142955)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 20 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
20 Dec 2023 → 11 Jul 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown20 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened20 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published11 Jul 2024, 15:37 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 Jul 2024, 15:37 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Specimen Collection Tubes (Evacuated) including Support Products and Collection Sets
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2024
- Value
- £1,600,000
- Status
- active
Specimen collection, non-evacuated tubes, and support products
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2024
- Value
- £40,000
- Status
- active
Arterial Blood Gas syringes
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2024
- Value
- £130,000
- Status
- active
Lancets – Heel incision
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2024
- Value
- £50,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Specimen Collection Tubes (Evacuated) including Support Products and Collection Sets | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 2 · Specimen collection, non-evacuated tubes, and support products | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 3 · Arterial Blood Gas syringes | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 5 · Lancets – Heel incision | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- BECTON, DICKINSON U.K. LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CAMBRIDGE SENSORS LTDFramework contractor
- Greiner Bio-One LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria