In summary, the Services comprise: The HSE wishes to appoint a suitably experienced, competent and capable service provider to provide an end to end Service Support Process including storage and an order fulfillment and distribution service for Antigen Test Kits (ATK) to individuals for home testing - symptomatic refferals and close contacts, and for distribution to bulk delivery settings (for example, Acute Hospitals, CHO locations, Residential care facilities, Schools, Childcare facilities, Government departments. This is a non exhaustive list of locations.
The proposed service pathway is for the HSE to send details of any request for antigen tests to be sent to the distribution partner, who would fulfil and distribute the order as instructed
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-10-18.
The procurement was published on 2022-09-16.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“The provision of Fulfillment and Distribution of Antigen Tests Nationwide
PROJ000008029”
Products/services: Courier services📦
Short description:
“In summary, the Services comprise: The HSE wishes to appoint a suitably experienced, competent and capable service provider to provide an end to end Service...”
Short description
In summary, the Services comprise: The HSE wishes to appoint a suitably experienced, competent and capable service provider to provide an end to end Service Support Process including storage and an order fulfillment and distribution service for Antigen Test Kits (ATK) to individuals for home testing - symptomatic refferals and close contacts, and for distribution to bulk delivery settings (for example, Acute Hospitals, CHO locations, Residential care facilities, Schools, Childcare facilities, Government departments. This is a non exhaustive list of locations.
The proposed service pathway is for the HSE to send details of any request for antigen tests to be sent to the distribution partner, who would fulfil and distribute the order as instructed
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 60 000 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Scope of the procurement
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
“Tenderers may apply for one or both Lots but may be awarded a maximum of one Lot.
In the event of a Tenderer achieving the highest score in both Lots then...”
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots
Tenderers may apply for one or both Lots but may be awarded a maximum of one Lot.
In the event of a Tenderer achieving the highest score in both Lots then they will be awarded the Lot which they indicated as ‘First Preference’ within the TRD A.The next highest ranked supplier will then be awarded a Service Contract for the other relevant Lot.
The Lot 1 appointed supplier should have the capacity to respond to demand of between 35,000 - 40,000 requests on a steady state daily basis (up to 280K requests per week), and surge capacity of 70,000-80,000 daily requests for a period of 7 days (up to 560K requests).
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Quality criterion (name): Storage Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Planning, Order Scheduling and Demand Management
Quality criterion (name): Order Fulfilment
Quality criterion (name): Distribution / Delivery
Quality criterion (name): HSE Customer Support
Quality criterion (name): Reporting, KPI’s, Invoicing & Data requirements
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 50 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of two such extensions on the same...”
Description of options
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of two such extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law.
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 2
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 2: Services will be contracted from Lot 2 upon the event of the Lot 1 service provider reaching their specified capacity. The Lot 2 appointed supplier...”
Description of the procurement
Lot 2: Services will be contracted from Lot 2 upon the event of the Lot 1 service provider reaching their specified capacity. The Lot 2 appointed supplier should have the capacity to respond to demand of 80,000 – 100,000 kits on a steady state weekly basis, and surge capacity of up to 180,000 kits per week for 2 consecutive weeks
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Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 10 000 000 💰
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 223058)
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 223058)
Conditions for participation
Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 223058)
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 223085)
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-10-18
14:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-10-18
14:00 📅
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18866000📞 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2022/S 182-515599 (2022-09-16)
Additional information (2022-10-14)
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2022/S 182-515599
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2
Old value
Date: 2022-10-18 📅
Time: 14:00
New value
Date: 2022-10-20 📅
Time: 14:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7
Old value
Date: 2022-10-18 📅
Time: 14:00
New value
Date: 2022-10-20 📅
Time: 14:00
Source: OJS 2022/S 202-576184 (2022-10-14)
Contract award notice (2023-10-12) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 9 000 001 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 182-515599
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Lot 1
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-07-05 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: JMC Van Trans Ltd
National registration number: 6550890K
Postal address: Newlands, Naas Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin D22 XR66
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14094100📞
E-mail: garrett.thornton@jmc.ie📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.jmc.ie🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 9 000 000 💰
2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Lot 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Paragon Customer Communications Ireland Ltd.
National registration number: 6341694S
Postal address: 40 - 60, Kingswood Road, Citywest Business Campus
Postal code: D24 AV80
Phone: +353 14321200📞
E-mail: enda.casey@paragon-cc.ie📧
Fax: +353 14321201 📠
URL: http://www.paragon-cc.ie🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰
Source: OJS 2023/S 200-627036 (2023-10-12)