The Irish Blood Transfusion Service tests approximately 145,000 donations per annum. One of the criteria required for the issue of a blood component is the collection and long term storage of a

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

IBTS policy dictates that approximately 9 months of frozen archive material is
retained on-site (average temperature of -30ฬŠC; range = -20ฬŠC to -40ฬŠC) before
shipping to an off-site facility for secure storage under temperature controlled
conditions. All IBTS archive material will have undergone routine viral screening in
effect at the time of donation. Certain IBTS archive samples will be classified as
infectious biological materials and all relevant archive boxes/containers containing
such infectious biological materials will be clearly labelled.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-10-26. The procurement was published on 2016-09-21.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-09-21 Contract notice
2017-01-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2016-09-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Cold-storage installations
Reference number: IBTS/010/2016
Short description:
IBTS policy dictates that approximately 9 months of frozen archive material is retained on-site (average temperature of -30ฬŠC; range = -20ฬŠC to -40ฬŠC) before shipping to an off-site facility for secure storage under temperature controlled conditions. All IBTS archive material will have undergone routine viral screening in effect at the time of donation. Certain IBTS archive samples will be classified as infectious biological materials and all relevant archive boxes/containers containing such infectious biological materials will be clearly labelled.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Cold-storage installations ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Storage and warehousing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Postal address: National Blood Centre, James's Street
Postal code: D08 NH5R
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.giveblood.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: paul.behan@ibts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 14322800 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=103269&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=103269&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-09-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2016-10-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2016-09-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 184-329913
OJ-S issue: 184

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
IBTS policy dictates that approximately 9 months of frozen archive material is
retained on-site (average temperature of -30ฬŠC; range = -20ฬŠC to -40ฬŠC) before
shipping to an off-site facility for secure storage under temperature controlled
conditions. All IBTS archive material will have undergone routine viral screening in
effect at the time of donation. Certain IBTS archive samples will be classified as
infectious biological materials and all relevant archive boxes/containers containing
such infectious biological materials will be clearly labelled.
Estimated total value: 2 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 120 months

Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 2017-02-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2016-10-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Paul Behan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1186 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=103269&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: 9 years.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Xxx
Postal address: Xxx
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +00 00000000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2016/S 184-329913 (2016-09-21)
Contract award notice (2017-01-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
IBTS policy dictates that approximately 9 months of frozen archive material is retained on-site (average temperature of -30ฬŠC; range = -20ฬŠC to -40ฬŠC) before shipping to an off-site facility for secure storage under temperature controlled conditions. All IBTS archive material will have undergone routine viral screening in effect at the time of donation. Certain IBTS archive samples will be classified as infectious biological materials and all relevant archive boxes/containers containing such infectious biological materials will be clearly labelled.
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Total value of the procurement: 4 500 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-01-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2017-02-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 022-037761
Refers to notice: 2016/S 184-329913
OJ-S issue: 22

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Compliance with User Requirement Specification (URS)
Quality criterion (weighting): 12
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 8

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-01-26 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: N/a
Source: OJS 2017/S 022-037761 (2017-01-27)