Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Public Health Wales
2 Capital Quarter, 2 Capital Quarter
Cardiff
CF10 4BZ
UK
E-mail: mathew.williams4@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKL22
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq
Reference number: PHW-STA-2324-061
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50421000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Service and maintenance of equipment used by the Pathogen Genomics Unit (PenGU) to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
273 708.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
50421000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
Main site or place of performance:
Cardiff
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Three year fixed service contract for 3x Nextseq 550 and 1x Miniseq are required by PenGU in order to provide a routine service to specialist and reference labs across Microbiology and across Wales. Any equipment failures will add delays to the TAT and reduce resilience. The equipment can only be maintained by the Provider (Illumina Cambridge Ltd). They are the only supplier with the capability to maintain this equipment and the cost of repair, when out of contract, is significant.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation:
This specialist equipment that can only be maintained by the Provider (Illumina Cambridge Ltd). The cost of repair, when out of contract, is significant.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
27/03/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Chesterford Research Park, Little Chesterford
Nr Saffron Walden
CB101XL
UK
NUTS: UKH12
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
273 708.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=139902.
(WA Ref:139902)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/04/2024