Virology Instrumentation / Equipment and Test Kits

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

A fully automated system(s) for screening blood donation serum or plasma samples for the presence of antigen/antibody to Human Immunodeficiency viruses (HIV Ag/Ab), antibody to Hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV), antibody to Hepatitis B core (anti-HBc), Hepatitis B surface Antigen (HBsAg), antibody to Human T-Lymphotropic virus type I and II (anti-HTLV-I / II), and antibody to Treponema Pallidum (Syphilis) (approximately 145 000 donations/samples per year). In addition, selected donations are screened for antibody to Cytomegalovirus (anti-CMV) (up to 116 000 donations per year but subject to review).

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-06-09. The procurement was published on 2017-05-08.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2017-05-08 Contract notice
2018-11-14 Contract award notice
Contract award notice (2018-11-14)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Blood Transfusion Service
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: National Blood Centre, James's Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D08 NH5R
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Paul Behan
Phone: +353 14322846 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: paul.behan@ibts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.giveblood.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1186 ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Virology Instrumentation/Equipment and Test Kits IBTS/013/2017
Products/services: Blood-testing reagents ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œA fully automated system(s) for screening blood donation serum or plasma samples for the presence of antigen/antibody to Human Immunodeficiency viruses (HIV...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 5 600 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Laboratory reagents ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Blood analysers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: DUblin
Description of the procurement:
โ€œA fully automated system(s) for screening blood donation serum or plasma samples for the presence of antigen/antibody to Human Immunodeficiency viruses (HIV...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Compliance with user requirement specification
Quality criterion (weighting): 14
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 6
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options: 1 x 12 month extension at the sole discretion of the IBTS.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2017/S 090-176324

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Virology Instrumentation/Equipment and Test Kits
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-09-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Abbott Diagnostics
National registration number: IE 8/P/56068T
Postal address: 4051 Kingswood Drive
Postal town: Dublin 24
Postal code: Citywest Business Ca
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14691569 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: janice.dunne@abbott.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.abbott.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 5 600 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Remedies Directive
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2018/S 220-503500 (2018-11-14)