Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-09-29
Buyer: Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33100000
Estimated value: 268000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The new acute hospital for NHS Dumfries and Galloway will open in late 2017. The site for the new Dumfries and Galloway Hospital is on the outskirts of Dumfries, close to the Garroch roundabout by the A75.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway services a population of approximately 148 000 with 8 hospital sites across the region.
The histology department within the DGRI currently has 12 members of staff which are involved in the receipt, fixation and processing of patient tissue samples for routine microscopic investigation and diagnosis. They plan to purchase new equipment to continue the service at the new hospital site.
This tender is for the supply, delivery and installation of Histology equipment for the new NHS Dumfries and Galloway site.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway is tendering for a Histology Equipment to be installed in the new Dumfries and Galloway Hospital. The requirement is for:
It is intended that an award will be made to 1 successful Contractor who will act in the role of Prime Contractor for the supply of all Products and associated services to the Authority. The successful Contractor will be required to enter into a formal contract with the Authority on the terms of the Contract included in the Invitation to Tender.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to inregulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
The European Single Procurement Document (ESPD), located within NHS Dumfries & Galloway — Histology Equipment, itt_17526 must be completed.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 17526. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
The Authority will notify economic operators who submitted a tender or (where no deselection notification has previously been made) applied to be selected to tender, of its decision to award the contract which notification will contain among other information, a summary of the reasons why the economic operator was unsuccessful. The notification will incorporate a ‘standstill period’ of a minimum of 10 clear calendar days (or a minimum of 15 if the communication method used is not electronic) between the date on which the Authority despatches the notice and the date on which the Authority proposes to make an award pursuant to this procurement. The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority during the standstill period will automatically continue the prohibition on entering into the contract until the court proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of,or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The remedies that may be awarded by the courts before the contract has been entered into include the setting aside of the decision to award the contract to the winning tenderer. The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the contract has been entered into will not affect the contract unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts(Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the contract has been entered into are limited to the award of damages. Economic operators are entitled to write to the Authority after receipt of the notification should they require further clarification. The Authority will respond within 15 days of such a written request, but it should be noted that receipt by the Authority of such request during the standstill period may not prevent the Authority from awarding the contract following the expiry of the standstill period. Where an economic operator is dissatisfied with the Authority's response to its request for clarification, or considers that the contract has been concluded in breach of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, such economic operator is advised to promptly seek independent legal advice.


Winner: Leica Microsystems (UK) Ltd
Award value: 268000
Number of bids: 2