Contract award: UK-Bristol: insurance services

UK-Bristol: insurance services

2010/S 146-225145

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)
  NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: NHS Blood & Transplant
  North Bristol Park, Filton
  Richard Athay-Hunt
  BS34 7QHBristol
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1179217232
  richard.athay-hunt@nhsbt.nhs.uk

• I.2)
  TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

  National or federal agency/office

  Health

  Other Special Health Authority

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities No

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract

  National Contract for the supply of British Bone Marrow Insurance.

• II.1.2)
  Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

  Services

  Service category: No 6

II.1.3)
The notice involves

• II.1.4)
  Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

  The British Bone Marrow Registry (BBMR) is a division of NHS Blood and Transplant.

  The requirement is to establish a commercial insurance policy to cover finally selected stem cell donors against the risks of the donation procedure. It will provide a mechanism for compensating donors who suffer an accidental injury, which is not the result of negligence.

  Insurers must demonstrate clear knowledge and understanding of the risks associated with stem cell donation.

  The BBMR supports UK and International stem cell transplantation programmes by recruiting volunteer unrelated donors from the blood donor population. They are tissue typed and then available to be searched by accredited Transplant Centres for patients with leukaemia and other blood disorders. The BBMR recruits potential donors between the ages of 18 and 50. Donors remain on the register until their 60th birthday.

  The source of stem cells for first and subsequent donations are from the Bone Marrow under general anaesthetic, or Peripheral Blood stimulated by Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF). Subsequent donations may also include blood lymphocytes.

  The BBMR is a member of the World Marrow Donor Association, a network of International registries who exchange stem cell products throughout the world. Donors may be recruited anywhere in the UK. All collections are performed at designated centres in the UK. Donors do not travel overseas.

  All donors have a full medical assessment to determine their fitness to donate. They are consented in accordance with the Human Tissue Act.

  The policy will commence on 1.1.2010. The projected number of stem cell donations in 2010 will be up to 175.

• II.1.5)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  66510000

• II.1.6)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  No

II.2)
TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)

II.2.1)
Total final value of contract(s)

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Restricted

• IV.2)
  AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)
  Award criteria

  The most economically advantageous tender in terms of

  1. Technical/ specification. Weighting 29

  2. Quality. Weighting 32

  3. Delivery performance. Weighting 14

  4. Cost. Weighting 25

• IV.2.2)
  An electronic auction has been used

  No

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

  NHSBT0040/S/SP BBMR Insurance

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

  No

SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT

CONTRACT NO: NHSBT0040/S/SP

TITLE National Contract for the supply of British Bone Marrow Insurance.

• V.1)
  Date of contract award decision:

  1.12.2009

• V.2)
  NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:

  1

• V.3)
  NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN

  Giles Insurance Brokers Limited
  12 Poverest Road, Kent
  Orpington
  UNITED KINGDOM

• V.4)
  INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT

  If annual or monthly value number of years 1

• V.5)
  THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED

  No

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS

  No

VI.2)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• VI.3)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.3.1)
  Body responsible for appeal procedures

  As the UK does not have any such body with responsibility for appeals procedures please refer to section VI.3.2 below.

• VI.3.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This authority (NHSBT – NHS Blood and Transplant) will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from Mrs Shirley Phillips, National Purchasing Manager Estates and Services, NHS Blood and Transplant, North Bristol Park, Park Way, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7QH.

  If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages.

VI.3.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.4)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  27.7.2010