Provision of a Collection and Transportation Service for Covid-19 Swabs

Health Service Executive (HSE)

The HSE invites candidates to submit tenders for the provision of a National Collection and Transportation service for Covid-19 specimen swabs. The supplier will be required to collect Covid-19 specimen swabs and deliver them to HSE and third party performing laboratories for processing, as directed by the HSEโ€™s Covid laboratory operations and logistics team.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-19. The procurement was published on 2021-04-19.

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What?

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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-04-19 Contract notice
2022-12-22 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-04-19)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Head Office, Millennium Park
Postal town: Naas
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Joanne Casey
Phone: +353 0871893120 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: joanne.casey@hse.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.hse.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/461 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=187046&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=187046&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of a Collection and Transportation Service for Covid-19 Swabs 15545
Products/services: Laboratory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe HSE invites candidates to submit tenders for the provision of a National Collection and Transportation service for Covid-19 specimen swabs. The supplier...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 5 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe HSE invites candidates to submit tenders for the provision of a National Collection and Transportation service for Covid-19 Specimen Swabs. The supplier...โ€    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 5 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Scope to extend award for a further 12 months.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-05-19 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-05-19 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Highcourt
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2021/S 079-202056 (2021-04-19)
Contract award notice (2022-12-22)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Head Office
Postal code: Millennium Park

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of a Collection & Transportation Service for COVID-19 Swabs 15545
Short description:
โ€œThe HSE invited candidates to submit tenders for the provision of a National Collection and Transportation service for COVID-19 Specimen Swabs. The supplier...โ€    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe HSE invited candidates to submit tenders for the provision of a National Collection and Transportation service for COVID-19 Specimen Swabs. The supplier...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Price (weighting): 40

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 079-202056

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of a Collection & Transportation Service for COVID-19 Swabs
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Complementary information
Review body
Phone: +353 871893120 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: joanne.casey@hse.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2022/S 249-727937 (2022-12-22)