Official UK procurement notice
Support of existing NHSBT owned Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) Systems
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) function operates within the Clinical Services directorate of NHSBT. Multi-disciplinary TAS teams operate from eight regional hub units and three 3 spoke sites that are based within Acute NHS Trusts across England and South Wales. Each unit provides a portfolio of therapeutic treatments to both adult and paediatric patients from across a range of clinical specialities. Included in the TAS portfolio of therapeutic procedures is Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) which is provided from four of the TAS hub units (Bristol, London, Oxford, and Manchester) as well as all three of the spoke sites (the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Cardiff and The Vale Health Board and Plymouth University Hospitals Trust). The ECP system’s utilised by the TAS teams are able to perform both adult and paediatric procedures and have an integral clinical grade light box. The contract award is for maintenance, training and consumables to support existing Therakos CellEx Extracorporeal Photopheresis machine platforms.<br/>This Contract is for a period of 2 years with one 12-month option to extend.
CPV: Medical consumables · Other therapeutic products · Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment
The lotProcurement structure
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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 (3)
- Quality: 20%
- Whole Life Cost: 70%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 20
- Social Value: 10
- Whole Life Cost: 70
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Dec 2024, 08:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2024, 08:37 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040875- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Therakos (UK), Ltd | £8,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 040875-2024-1 · Therakos (UK), Ltd
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2024
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Therakos (UK), LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.