Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-12-10
Buyer: Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 33112320 | 33195000 | 50000000 | 50421000
Estimated value: 210114 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: JDAC Linked to 1623732 Maintenance of Maternity/Obstetrics, Specialist Paediatrics and Neo-natal Equipment [2342803]
JDAC linked to 1623732 maintenance of maternity/obstetrics, specialist paediatrics and neo-natal equipment [2342803].
This JDAC is made up of 1 section with a range of values from 67 404 GBP to 210 114 GBP which has been calculated on the basis of a 5-year contract plus maximum 24 month extension and contingency for potential additional equipment or higher level of repairs during the contract period for all clients for all sections.
Tender 1623732 — maintenance of maternity/obstetrics, specialist paediatrics and neo-natal equipment was initially advertised via eTendersNI in OJEU on 31.1.2019 ref No 2019/S 046-106318.
Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service (BSO PaLS) ensured all reasonable measures were taken to ensure the market could have responded to tender 1623732 therefore a direct award contract was justified and a Justified Direct Award Contract (JDAC) was issued in accordance with Procurement Guidance Note 03/11 Direct Award Contracts (PGN 03/11) produced by Central Procurement Directorate (CPD). Section 3.5 of PGN 03/11 makes provision for circumstances where a competitive procurement exercise despite best efforts, results in a situation where no bids or no suitable bids were received in accordance with Regulation 32 (2) (a) which states:
‘The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:
(a) where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent to the commission where it so requests.’
Publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice was not necessary as the award is followed by publication of a contract award notice.
This procurement is a joint procedure and contract award is by a central purchasing body. This contract is not a joint contract, it is a central purchasing body contract operated by Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of the participants listed in Section I). The contracting authority has identified the most economically advantageous tender(s) (MEAT) on the basis of the 'lowest price/cost' submission(s). Compliance with all elements of the Specification and all other requirements as listed in the tender documentation has been demonstrated. Details of the evaluation process incorporating price and compliance were provided as part of the tender evaluation methodology and marking scheme (TEMMS) (SS20b).


Winner: Oxygen Care Ltd
Award value: 210114
Number of bids: 1