NUI GALWAY WEARABLE DIGITAL HEALTH ELECTRONICS PROJECT

Health Service Executive (HSE)

The project involves four blocks of work (i) the industrial design of a wearable digital health device and the fabrication of prototypes (ii) the industrial design of the user interface of an associated smartphone App to support the use of the wearable device (iii) the industrial design of the user interface of a clinician web browser to facilitate clinician monitoring of the progress of the user and providing a capability to deliver push notifications to the user and (iv) the layout design of the printed circuit board(s) (PCB) and fabrication of prototype PCB assemblies for the wearable deviceโ€™s electronics. The device will be a body-worn device, worn throughout the userโ€™s waking hours and potentially also while the user is sleeping to deliver health benefits to the user

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-06-08. The procurement was published on 2022-05-25.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2022-05-25 Contract notice
2022-12-30 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-05-25)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Head Office
Postal town: Naas
Postal code: Millennium Park
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Peter Mc Gowan
E-mail: peter.mcgowan@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=214868&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=214868&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œNUI GALWAY WEARABLE DIGITAL HEALTH ELECTRONICS PROJECT PPMS Ref 19374 NUIG/CON1433/2022โ€
Products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe project involves four blocks of work (i) the industrial design of a wearable digital health device and the fabrication of prototypes (ii) the industrial...โ€    Show more

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Additional products/services: Research and experimental development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Design and execution of research and development ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Pre-feasibility study and technological demonstration ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Test and evaluation ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Administration services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Education and training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Community health services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Other community, social and personal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe project involves four blocks of work (i) the industrial design of a wearable digital health device and the fabrication of prototypes (ii) the industrial...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 15
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Maximum number: 4
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As outlined in the procurement documents
Description
Additional information: NUI Galway is the Contracting Authority for this tender process.

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
Restricted procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-06-08 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: The High Court Central Office
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2022/S 103-289412 (2022-05-25)
Contract award notice (2022-12-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe project involves three lots of work (A) the design and manufacture of a PCB for a wearable digital health device (B) the industrial design and...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œA) the design and manufacture of a PCB for a wearable digital health device (B) the industrial design and manufacture of the enclosure and method of body...โ€    Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe project involved three lots of work (A) the design and manufacture of a PCB for a wearable digital health device (B) the industrial design and...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Understanding of the Brief and the Technical Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Methodology for Delivery of the Service:
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Organisation and Assignment of Key Personnel and Resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Price (weighting): 20

Procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union (explanation):
โ€œNo suitable tenders responses were received in response to an Annex 14 tender process. The award values are below the EU Thresholds.โ€
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 103-289412

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: NUI GALWAY WEARABLE DIGITAL HEALTH ELECTRONICS PROJECT Lot a and B
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-11-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Comate bvba + BE0827793149
National registration number: BE0827793149
Postal address: Karel van lotharingenstraat 4/0201
Postal town: Leuven
Country: Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: Belgique/Belgiรซ ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 148 500 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Contract Number: 2
Title:
โ€œLot (C) the design of the user interface of an associated smartphone App to support the use of the wearableโ€
Name and address of the contractor
Name: FLUID Design GmbH
Postal address: Fraunhoferstrasse 23H
Postal town: 80469 Mรผnchen
Country: Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: Deutschland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 50 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2023/S 003-006667 (2022-12-30)