Expression of Interest for the Tender for the Provision of Molecular and Serology analysers for the Microbiology Department within St James’s Hospital Dublin

St James's Hospital

The microbiology laboratory at St James’s Hospital is a large diagnostic laboratory comprising of individual sections including the molecular laboratory and the serology laboratory. These 2 laboratories are managed by 2 chief medical scientists (with scientific and administrative roles in each laboratory) under the direction of a consultant virologist. Each section has 2 senior medical scientists and 2/3 medical scientists who run each section on a daily basis.
The molecular and serology laboratories provide a diagnostic service for a large number of service users including hospital patients, specialised STI clinics and GPs in the catchment area. The microbiology laboratory is tendering for the provision of molecular and serology analysers in 2 separate lots to improve the service provided.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-09-02. The procurement was published on 2019-08-01.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-08-01 Contract notice
2020-03-26 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-08-01)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: St James's Hospital
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: James Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 8
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Pat Sullivan
Phone: +353 14162468 📞
E-mail: pfsullivan@stjames.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: www.Stjames.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/395 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=151636&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=151636&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Expression of Interest for the Tender for the Provision of Molecular and Serology analysers for the Microbiology Department within St James’s Hospital Dublin”
Products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Short description:
“The microbiology laboratory at St James’s Hospital is a large diagnostic laboratory comprising of individual sections including the molecular laboratory and...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 7 000 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Molecular Laboratory
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Laboratory reagents 📦
Additional products/services: Installation services of laboratory equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Laboratory services 📦
Additional products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: James Street.
Description of the procurement:
“The virology department consists of 2 sections, serology and molecular, under the supervision and direction of Dr Brendan Crowley, consultant virologist and...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 6 500 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 84

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Serology Laboratory
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The virology department consists of 2 sections, serology and molecular, under the supervision and direction of Dr Brendan Crowley, consultant virologist and...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 2 500 000 💰

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-09-02 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: St James's Hospital
Postal address: 29 Abbotstown ave
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D11
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: patsullivan29@hotmail.com 📧
URL: www.stjames.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 149-366485 (2019-08-01)
Contract award notice (2020-03-26)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal town: Dublin 8

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Expression of Interest for the tender for the provision of Molecular and Serology analysers for the Microbiology Department within St James’s Hospital Dublin”
Short description:
“The microbiology laboratory at St James’s Hospital is a large diagnostic laboratory comprising of individual sections including the molecular laboratory and...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 600 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Virology Department consists of two sections, serology and molecular, under the supervision and direction of Dr Brendan Crowley, Consultant Virologist...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): 1
Quality criterion (weighting): 1
Price (weighting): 40/60
Price

Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 149-366485

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Molecular Laboratory
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Serology Laboratory
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-03-25 📅
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, Citywest Business Ca
Postal town: Dublin 24
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14691569 📞
E-mail: janice.dunne@abbott.com 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.abbott.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 300 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 500 000 💰

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: Lot 3 Middleware
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 100 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 71 000 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 11
Source: OJS 2020/S 062-148014 (2020-03-26)