Official UK procurement notice
Maintenance and Consumables for Cobas Analyser
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership who are hosted by Velindre NHS Trust acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board wished to inform the market that they intended to award a contract for the provision of Maintenance and Consumables for Weqas' Roche Cobas 6000 (Cobas c 501 and Cobas e 601) analysers.
CPV: Medical consumables
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Weqas is one of the largest External Quality Assessment providers in the UK, with over…Awarded
Weqas is one of the largest External Quality Assessment providers in the UK, with over 50 years of experience in delivering global Quality Assurance Programmes in Laboratory Medicine.
The contract includes;
a) provision of consumables for Roche Cobas 6000 (Cobas c 501 and Cobas e 601). It should be noted that it is anticipated that some consumable will be upgraded to newer versions during the life of the contract; the old versions of such consumables are expected to be seamlessly swapped out for the new versions at no extra cost.
b) Maintenance as an annual fully comprehensive service
c) Training days for up to 5 Weqas staff on the use of the Cobas 6000.
The contract duration will be 2 years with an option to extend for a further one year period.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jan 2023, 15:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2023, 15:26 GMT
- Authority reference
CAV-STA (22-23) 5- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000567- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0395faFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
As outlined in the VEAT notice.
- Review procedure
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board will allow a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract.
Publisher note: The value stated in this notice is the higher ceiling contract figure and may not be fully utilised as this will be dependent upon the volume of consumables ordered. (WA Ref:127970)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000567-2023-CAV-STA (22-23) 5-1 · ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2022
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Roche Diagnostics LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.