The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is a public sector body responsible for collecting, processing, testing, storage and distributing blood and tissue products in Ireland. Specifically, the IBTS Tissue Bank currently manages ocular tissue, heart valves and some musculoskeletal tissues in addition to the manufacture of Serum Eye Drops for dry-eye disease. Since 2004, the IBTS imports all corneas from Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank in Denver, Colorado in the USA. As part of a project to reopen the Irish Eye Bank, the IBTS will restart the collection of corneas from donors in Ireland The IBTS operates as a Blood Establishment under the terms of SI 360/05 (Authorisation No. BE 002), a Tissue Establishment under the terms of SI 158 / 06 (Authorisation No. TE12 – 002) as well as a GMP authorisation (M11514/00001) for the manufacture of Serum Eye Drops. In relation to the legal status of Eye Banking in Ireland: Article 4 of the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965 (S.I. No. 78 of 1965 ) was amended by the addition thereto of the following paragraph: “(j) to organise and administer an eye banking service.” In order to operate a functional eye bank, two instruments have been identified to assess the suitability of donated corneas for transplantation. A slit lamp is used for a magnified, anatomical view of all cornea layers and a specular microscope is used to calculate the endothelial cell density and to ascertain the general health of the cornea.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-10-06.
The procurement was published on 2023-09-01.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Eye Bank slit lamp and specular microscope
Products/services: Optical microscopes📦
Short description:
“The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is a public sector body responsible for collecting, processing, testing, storage and distributing blood and...”
Short description
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is a public sector body responsible for collecting, processing, testing, storage and distributing blood and tissue products in Ireland. Specifically, the IBTS Tissue Bank currently manages ocular tissue, heart valves and some musculoskeletal tissues in addition to the manufacture of Serum Eye Drops for dry-eye disease. Since 2004, the IBTS imports all corneas from Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank in Denver, Colorado in the USA. As part of a project to reopen the Irish Eye Bank, the IBTS will restart the collection of corneas from donors in Ireland The IBTS operates as a Blood Establishment under the terms of SI 360/05 (Authorisation No. BE 002), a Tissue Establishment under the terms of SI 158 / 06 (Authorisation No. TE12 – 002) as well as a GMP authorisation (M11514/00001) for the manufacture of Serum Eye Drops. In relation to the legal status of Eye Banking in Ireland: Article 4 of the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965 (S.I. No. 78 of 1965 ) was amended by the addition thereto of the following paragraph: “(j) to organise and administer an eye banking service.” In order to operate a functional eye bank, two instruments have been identified to assess the suitability of donated corneas for transplantation. A slit lamp is used for a magnified, anatomical view of all cornea layers and a specular microscope is used to calculate the endothelial cell density and to ascertain the general health of the cornea.
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Additional products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)📦
Additional products/services: Optical instruments📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is a public sector body responsible for collecting, processing, testing, storage and distributing blood and...”
Description of the procurement
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is a public sector body responsible for collecting, processing, testing, storage and distributing blood and tissue products in Ireland. Specifically, the IBTS Tissue Bank currently manages ocular tissue, heart valves and some musculoskeletal tissues in addition to the manufacture of Serum Eye Drops for dry-eye disease. Since 2004, the IBTS imports all corneas from Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank in Denver, Colorado in the USA. As part of a project to reopen the Irish Eye Bank, the IBTS will restart the collection of corneas from donors in Ireland The IBTS operates as a Blood Establishment under the terms of SI 360/05 (Authorisation No. BE 002), a Tissue Establishment under the terms of SI 158 / 06 (Authorisation No. TE12 – 002) as well as a GMP authorisation (M11514/00001) for the manufacture of Serum Eye Drops. In relation to the legal status of Eye Banking in Ireland: Article 4 of the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order, 1965 (S.I. No. 78 of 1965 ) was amended by the addition thereto of the following paragraph: “(j) to organise and administer an eye banking service.” In order to operate a functional eye bank, two instruments have been identified to assess the suitability of donated corneas for transplantation. A slit lamp is used for a magnified, anatomical view of all cornea layers and a specular microscope is used to calculate the endothelial cell density and to ascertain the general health of the cornea.
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Quality criterion (name): As per tender documents
Quality criterion (weighting): N/a
Cost criterion (name): As per tender documents
Cost criterion (weighting): n?a
Duration
Start date: 2023-10-16 📅
End date: 2028-09-15 📅
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
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-10-06
12:00 📅
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: 3
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-10-06
12:30 📅
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Irish Blood Transfusion Services
Postal address: National Blood Centre , James’s Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D08 NH5R
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: brian.boland@ibts.ie📧
Source: OJS 2023/S 171-538260 (2023-09-01)