Notice Information
Notice Title
MRC Holland Commercial kits for dosage analysis (MLPA Kits)
Notice Description
Procurement of Multiplex Ligation Amplification (MLPA) commercial kits - MRC Holland
Lot Information
Lot 1
Procurement of Multiplex Ligation Amplification (MLPA) commercial kits - MRC Holland
Procurement Information
There is currently no market competition or reasonable alternative for these kits. MRC Holland are the sole supplier of kits worldwide, there is no alternative supplier. BHSCT will continue to review the market for these kits once competition has been identified the Team will seek to tender. BHSCT are relying on Regulation 32(2)(b) of the public contracts regulations which provides a derogation from the obligation to competitively tender for a contract for goods or services over the EU Threshold where the works or supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator as competition is absent for technical reasons - no other viable reasonable alternative exists for this procurement, MRC are sole suppliers of the dosage analysis Multiplex Ligation Amplification (MLPA) commercial kits. These kits are essential for patient care and patient delivery. The absence of competition is not the result of an artifical narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04cd44
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003399-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £250,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
- Contact Name
- Norma Moore
- Contact Email
- financeprocurement@belfasttrust.hscni.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT9 7AB
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Blackstaff
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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