Eye Bank slit lamp and specular microscope

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

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.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-09-01 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-09-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 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 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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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Optical microscopes 📦
Additional CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Postal address: National Blood Centre , James’s Street
Postal code: D08 NH5R
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: brian.boland@ibts.ie 📧
URL for documents: https://www.giveblood.ie/ 🌏
URL for participation: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-09-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-10-06 📅
Publication date: 2023-09-06 📅
Start date: 2023-10-16 📅
End date: 2028-09-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 171-538260
OJ-S issue: 171

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2023-10-06 📅
Tender opening time: 12:30
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): As per tender documents
Quality criterion (weighting): N/a
Cost criterion (name): As per tender documents
Cost criterion (weighting): n?a

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Brian Boland
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Documents URL: https://www.giveblood.ie/ 🌏

Complementary information
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)
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