Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-09-09
Buyer: Grampian Health Board (hereafter referred to as the ‘Authority’)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33110000: Imaging equipment for medical use
Estimated value: 1250000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Grampian was planning to equip the John Mallard Scottish PET Centre with a new cyclotron which must have met the requirements detailed within the NHS requirement in the tender documents.
This replacement was to be a turnkey procurement which would require the decommissioning and disposal of the existing machine.
The John Mallard PET Centre had an RDS111 cyclotron in place supported by Siemens. The system was then 21 years old and was used predominately for the production of 18F and occasionally 11C.
The procurement had to be Turnkey including but not limited to the installation of the final core system but should also include the supply of any specialized equipment, connection to the existing infrastructure, installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ) and performance qualification (PQ).
NHS Grampian was planning to equip the John Mallard Scottish PET Centre with a new cyclotron which must have met the requirements detailed within the NHS requirement within the tender documents.
This replacement was to be a turnkey procurement which would require the decommissioning and disposal of the existing machine.
The John Mallard PET Centre had an RDS111 cyclotron in place supported by Siemens. The system was then 21 years old and was used predominately for the production of 18F and occasionally 11C.
The procurement had to be Turnkey including but not limited to the installation of the final core system but should also include the supply of any specialized equipment, connection to the existing infrastructure, installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ) and performance qualification (PQ).
It was intended that an award would be made to one successful contractor who would act in the role of prime contractor for supply of all products and associated services to the boards. This meant that the successful contractor would assume full responsibility for supply of all products and associated services. The successful contractor would be solely responsible for effecting any sub-contracting or collaborative arrangements required with other suppliers to allow the successful contractor to meet this commitment.
While NHS National Services Scotland was conducting this procurement exercise on behalf of the Authority, the intention upon Award of contract was that Grampian Health Board would enter into an agreement with the successful bidder for the supply of their specific requirements.
The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the framework agreement has been entered into will not affect the framework agreement 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 framework agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.


Winner: GE Medical Systems Ltd
Award value: 1250000
Number of bids: 1