ID 5420562 - DOJ State Pathologists Department - Supply of Consumables

Concepts

• belfast
• chemical products
• mortuary consumables
• laboratory consumables
• consumables
• mortuary equipment and supplies
• precision equipment
• laboratory and optical equipment
• coroners rules
• dyes

Location

BELFAST

Description

State Pathologists Department (SPD) is seeking to establish a contract for the supply and delivery of laboratory consumables. a body within the Department of Justice (DOJ) which operates at arms’ length to the Department. The statutory duties of the State Pathologist and his department are contained in the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 and Coroners Rules 1963. SPD's requirements vary greatly, therefore for the purposes of this contract, the requirements have been split into Lots as follows: Lot 1 – Laboratory Consumables, Lot 2 – Chemicals, Lot 3 – Dyes and Lot 4 – Mortuary Consumables. It is anticipated this contract will commence upon award and will remain in place for a total period of 3 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of up to and including twelve (12) months each.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

The contract will run for an initial period of 3 years and contains the options to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each

CPV Codes

• 24000000 - Chemical products
• 33970000 - Mortuary equipment and supplies
• 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Indicators

• Bids should cover a maximum number of lots.
• Bids may cover one or more lots.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of three years from the date of issue.. . The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates..