Framework Agreement for Laboratory Specimen Transport and External Testing
Health Service Executive (HSE)
The HSE wishes to procure and establish a multi-vendor Framework Agreement appointing qualified and competent service providers to meet the HSE requirements for the category of Laboratory Specimen Transport and External Testing under the following lots:
— Lot 1 — Laboratory Specimen Transport — this may involve, but not exclusively, the transport of laboratory specimens from hospital to hospital, from GP's to hospitals and from hospitals to independent laboratories in Ireland, Britain, Europe and the US;
— Lot 2 – External Testing — this will involve the testing of samples in independent referral laboratories which cannot be performed within any location and may include electronic connectivity and laboratory Clinical Advisory Services with respect to the reporting of results.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-03-31. The procurement was published on 2015-02-16.
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Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2015-02-16 | Contract notice |
| 2015-07-07 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2015-02-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Laboratory services
Quantity or scope: AS per tender documentation.
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Laboratory services 📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Postal address: Head Office, Oak House, Limetree Avenue, Millennium Park
Postal town: Naas
Contact
E-mail: richardc.brennan@hse.ie 📧
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-02-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-03-31 📅
Publication date: 2015-02-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 037-063396
OJ-S issue: 37
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Laboratory Specimen Transport
Short description: As per tender documentation.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: External Testing
Reference number: Project 4913
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per tender documentation.
Economic and financial standing: As per tender documentation.
Technical and professional ability: As per tender documentation.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As per tender documentation.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per tender documentation.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: As per tender documentation.
Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 20
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Awarding authority name: Ministers of the Government of Ireland
Central Government Departments
Non-Commercial Agencies and Organisations which have a formal reporting and legal relationship to Central Government Departments
Local Authorities in Ireland (including themselves, Town Councils, Regional Assemblies, County Enterprise Boards and Library Boards
Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
Third Level Institutions (including Universities, Institutes of Technology, Vocational Education Committees and Schools, Primary, Post-Primary, Special and Secondary Schools)
An Garda Siochána
The Irish Prison Service
The Defence Forces
The National Lottery Company Limited
Contact
Contact point: Richard Brenn
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/461 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=85812&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Name: HSE Procurment
Postal address: St Canice's Hospital Complex
Postal town: Kilkenny
Contact point: Richard Brennan
Name: E-tenders
Postal address: N/a
Postal town: N/a
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=85812&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: Project 4913
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2015/S 037-063396 (2015-02-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Laboratory services
Quantity or scope: AS per tender documentation.
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Laboratory services 📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Postal address: Head Office, Oak House, Limetree Avenue, Millennium Park
Postal town: Naas
Contact
E-mail: richardc.brennan@hse.ie 📧
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-02-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-03-31 📅
Publication date: 2015-02-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 037-063396
OJ-S issue: 37
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The HSE wishes to procure and establish a multi-vendor Framework Agreement appointing qualified and competent service providers to meet the HSE requirements for the category of Laboratory Specimen Transport and External Testing under the following lots:
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— Lot 1 — Laboratory Specimen Transport — this may involve, but not exclusively, the transport of laboratory specimens from hospital to hospital, from GP's to hospitals and from hospitals to independent laboratories in Ireland, Britain, Europe and the US;
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— Lot 2 – External Testing — this will involve the testing of samples in independent referral laboratories which cannot be performed within any location and may include electronic connectivity and laboratory Clinical Advisory Services with respect to the reporting of results.
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Title of the lot: Laboratory Specimen Transport
Short description: As per tender documentation.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: External Testing
Reference number: Project 4913
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per tender documentation.
Economic and financial standing: As per tender documentation.
Technical and professional ability: As per tender documentation.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As per tender documentation.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per tender documentation.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: As per tender documentation.
Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 20
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Awarding authority name: Ministers of the Government of Ireland
Central Government Departments
Non-Commercial Agencies and Organisations which have a formal reporting and legal relationship to Central Government Departments
Local Authorities in Ireland (including themselves, Town Councils, Regional Assemblies, County Enterprise Boards and Library Boards
Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
Third Level Institutions (including Universities, Institutes of Technology, Vocational Education Committees and Schools, Primary, Post-Primary, Special and Secondary Schools)
An Garda Siochána
The Irish Prison Service
The Defence Forces
The National Lottery Company Limited
Contact
Contact point: Richard Brenn
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/461 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=85812&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Name: HSE Procurment
Postal address: St Canice's Hospital Complex
Postal town: Kilkenny
Contact point: Richard Brennan
Name: E-tenders
Postal address: N/a
Postal town: N/a
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=85812&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: Project 4913
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2015/S 037-063396 (2015-02-16)
Contract award notice (2015-07-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 2 000 000 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-07-07 📅
Publication date: 2015-07-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 132-244070
Refers to notice: 2015/S 37-063396
OJ-S issue: 132
Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Ultimate Cost (50)
2. Quality (50)
Award of contract
1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-07-01 📅
Name: Biomnis Ireland
Postal address: Three Rock Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 18
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
2️⃣
Name: DX Network Services
Postal address: 36 North Park, North Road, Finglas
Postal code: 11
3️⃣
Name: First Direct Medical Couriers
Postal address: 20 St Joseph's Parade
Postal code: 7
4️⃣
Name: MedLab Pathology
Postal address: Unit 3 Sandyford Business Centre, Sandyford Business Centre
5️⃣
6️⃣
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Non-Commercial Agencies & Organisations which have a formal reporting & legal relationship to Central Government Departments
Local Authorities in Ireland (including themselves, Town Councils, Regional Assemblies, County Enterprise Boards & Library Boards
Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA)
Third Level Institutions (including Universities, Institutes of Technology, Vocational Education Commitees & Schools, Primary, Post-Primary, Special & Secondary Schools)
Source: OJS 2015/S 132-244070 (2015-07-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 2 000 000 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-07-07 📅
Publication date: 2015-07-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 132-244070
Refers to notice: 2015/S 37-063396
OJ-S issue: 132
Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Ultimate Cost (50)
2. Quality (50)
Award of contract
1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-07-01 📅
Name: Biomnis Ireland
Postal address: Three Rock Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 18
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
2️⃣
Name: DX Network Services
Postal address: 36 North Park, North Road, Finglas
Postal code: 11
3️⃣
Name: First Direct Medical Couriers
Postal address: 20 St Joseph's Parade
Postal code: 7
4️⃣
Name: MedLab Pathology
Postal address: Unit 3 Sandyford Business Centre, Sandyford Business Centre
5️⃣
6️⃣
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Non-Commercial Agencies & Organisations which have a formal reporting & legal relationship to Central Government Departments
Local Authorities in Ireland (including themselves, Town Councils, Regional Assemblies, County Enterprise Boards & Library Boards
Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA)
Third Level Institutions (including Universities, Institutes of Technology, Vocational Education Commitees & Schools, Primary, Post-Primary, Special & Secondary Schools)
Source: OJS 2015/S 132-244070 (2015-07-07)
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