Official UK procurement notice
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Welsh Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service requires replacement of its existing ‘end of life’ legacy IT applications / infrastructure to enable the laboratory to modernise its services and improve quality and efficiency.
The procurement and implementation of a commercial “off-the-shelf” H&I-specific LIMS solution is the recommended option to enable the laboratory to modernise its workflows, comply with data security requirements and quality standards and deliver the above activities efficiently.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership facilitating a procurement on behalf of the…AwardedRenewal
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership facilitating a procurement on behalf of the Welsh Blood Service which is a Division of Velindre
University NHS Trust. The requirement is for laboratory information management system (LIMS) for use by the Welsh Histocompatibility
and Immunogenetics Service (WHAIS), based within the Welsh Blood Service. WHAIS are seeking to replace their current in-house legacy IT system with a modern and commercially supported system.
The system must support the migration of existing data from the WTAIL legacy system and interface with downstream systems and
analysers. The system must support a range of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics laboratory services including patient and donor
sample reception, workflow management, result analysis and reporting. The services provided by WHAIS include HLA typing,
patient/donor crossmatching, HLA antibody testing, solid organ and stem cell donor/recipient matching, platelet typing and platelet
antibody testing.
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
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Feb 2022, 09:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2024, 10:53 GMT
- Authority reference
AW104- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008961- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03132eFind a Tender
Publisher note: (WA Ref:140112)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
1 Jul 2022 → 20 Mar 2024 · 4 dates- Next notice expected1 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected16 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published20 Mar 2024, 10:53 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Sept 2023- Status changed to active14 Sept 2023, 16:56 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Sept 2023, 16:56 BST
- Deadline published: 16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST14 Sept 2023, 16:56 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Sept 2023, 16:56 BST
- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2024, 10:53 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VH Bio Ltd | £549,520 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 008961-2024-AW104-1 · VH Bio Ltd
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2024
- Value
- £549,520
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VH Bio LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria