Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Terumo BCT Ltd
- Value
- £290,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Blood analysers (CPV 38434520)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 001030-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Jan 2021
- Published19 Jan 2021Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Purchase of 2 Apheresis Stem Cell Spectra Optia machines, plus consumables and maintenance for the equipment life. Via the publication of a Prior Information Notice 02/12/20 (PIN WA Ref: 106238), the Authority sought expressions of interest from suitable candidates to provide the Apheresis Stem Cell Collection Service to the current specification. No such expressions were received. Additional information: Failure to implement the collection centre in accordance with the WBS technical requirements would result in the service being unable to provide stem cells for both Welsh and global patients, removing the contingency site for stem cell collection. New equipment requires evaluation in a live donor scenario. This would result in an extension to the validation process for an undetermined period.
About the supplier
Terumo BCT Ltd: every public contract they have won.