The provision of Fulfillment and Distribution of Antigen Tests Nationwide

The Health Service Executive

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:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2022-09-16 Contract notice
2022-10-14 Additional information
2023-10-12 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-09-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Courier services
Reference number: PROJ000008029
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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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Courier services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Parcel transport services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: The Health Service Executive
Postal address: Head Office Millennium Park Naas Ireland
Postal town: Naas
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 017738000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223629&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223629&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2022-10-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-09-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 182-515599
OJ-S issue: 182

Object
Scope of the procurement
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.
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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
Estimated total value: 60 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about 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 โ€˜First Preferenceโ€™ within the TRD A.The next highest ranked supplier will then be awarded a Service Contract for the other relevant Lot.
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Title of the lot: Lot 1
Lot number: 1
Short description:
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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Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 12 months
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 Authorityโ€™s obligations at law.
Title of the lot: Lot 2
Lot number: 2
Short description:
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 โ€“ 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 value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 223058)
Economic and financial standing: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 223058)
Minimum level(s) of standards: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 223058)
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 223085)

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 14:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2022-10-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 14:00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Storage Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Planning, Order Scheduling and Demand Management
Order Fulfilment
Distribution / Delivery
HSE Customer Support
Reporting, KPIโ€™s, Invoicing & Data requirements
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: OGP Support
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223629&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18866000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about review deadlines: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2022/S 182-515599 (2022-09-16)
Additional information (2022-10-14)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Warehousing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-10-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2022-10-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-10-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 202-576184
Refers to notice: 2022/S 182-515599
OJ-S issue: 202
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: 9 000 001 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-10-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-10-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 200-627036
OJ-S issue: 200

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-07-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: JMC Van Trans Ltd
National registration number: 6550890K
Postal address: Newlands, Naas Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin D22 XR66
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14094100 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: garrett.thornton@jmc.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.jmc.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 9 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: enda.casey@paragon-cc.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.paragon-cc.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 1 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Source: OJS 2023/S 200-627036 (2023-10-12)