STA8997 — Servo Mechanical Ventilators

Concepts

• belfast
• medical equipment and pharmaceuticals
• getinge maquet
• servo mechanical ventilators
• purchase of servo
• mechanical ventilators
• personal care products
• reasons of extreme urgency
• impact of covid-19
• time limits

Location

Belfast

Description

The purchase of servo mechanical ventilators from Getinge Maquet.

Total Quantity or Scope

This notice relates to the purchase of servo mechanical ventilators. The contracting authority has utilised Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) which provides a derogation from the obligation to competitively tender for a contract for goods or services over the EU Threshold where the works, supplies or services are required as per the below: ‘(c) Insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with’. Regulation 32(2)(c) has been utilised in this instance due to the following rationale: 1) The service(s) are required to assist the contracting authority to respond to the impact of Covid-19 immediately, addressing the public health risks and disruption to services which would otherwise be incurred without them; 2) The Covid-19 pandemic is so novel that the extreme urgency of the situation was unforeseeable by the contracting authority. Ordinarily existing contractual arrangements and emergency stockpiles can be relied upon in such instances, however, in this case such provisions have proven insufficient to meet the scale of the additional demand for these services; 3) A procurement exercise to establish a new contractual arrangement would not be feasible given the time constraints, making it impossible to undertake a new procurement exercise or to access other commercial agreements.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

The contracting authority has utilised Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) which provides a derogation from the obligation to competitively tender for a contract for goods or services over the EU Threshold where the works, supplies or services are required as per the below: ‘(c) Insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with’. Regulation 32(2)(c) has been utilised in this instance due to the following rationale: 1) The service(s) are required to assist the contracting authority to respond to the impact of Covid-19 immediately, addressing the public health risks and disruption to services which would otherwise be incurred without them; 2) The Covid-19 pandemic is so novel that the extreme urgency of the situation was unforeseeable by the contracting authority. Ordinarily existing contractual arrangements and emergency stockpiles can be relied upon in such instances, however, in this case such provisions have proven insufficient to meet the scale of the additional demand for these services; 3) A procurement exercise to establish a new contractual arrangement would not be feasible given the time constraints, making it impossible to undertake a new procurement exercise or to access other commercial agreements.

Other Information

The value stated at section II.1.7) is the maximum value which may be committed under this contract.