Hysbysiad tryloywder gwirfoddol ymlaen llaw
Adran I:
Endid
contractio
I.1) Enw a chyfeiriad
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Unit D, New Hythe Business Park, Magnitude House, New Hythe Lane
Aylesford
ME20 6WT
UK
Person cyswllt: Jo Newton-Smith
Ffôn: +44 1622926745
E-bost: jo.newton-smith@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ44
Cyfeiriad(au) rhyngrwyd
Prif gyfeiriad: https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk
Cyfeiriad proffil y prynwr: https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk
I.4) Y math o awdurdod contractio
Corff a lywodraethir gan gyfraith gyhoeddus
I.5) Prif weithgaredd
Iechyd
Adran II: Gwrthrych
II.1) Cwmpas y caffaeliad
II.1.1) Teitl
Portable Low-Field MRI System
II.1.2) Prif god CPV
33113000
II.1.3) Y math o gontract
Cyflenwadau
II.1.4) Disgrifiad byr
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (the "Trust") is expressing its intention to award a contract via a negotiated procedure without prior publication for the provision of a portable low-field (0.064 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The contract will also include associated peripherals, training, support and maintenance services for a period of five (5) years.
II.1.6) Gwybodaeth am lotiau
Mae’r contract hwn wedi’i rannu’n lotiau:
Na
II.1.7) Cyfanswm gwerth y caffaeliad
Gwerth heb gynnwys TAW: 280 000.00 GBP
II.2) Disgrifiad
II.2.2) Cod(au) CPV ychwanegol
33113100
II.2.3) Man cyflawni
Cod NUTS:
UKJ4
Prif safle neu fan cyflawni:
Kent and Medway
II.2.4) Disgrifiad o’r caffaeliad
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (the "Trust") is expressing its intention to award a contract via a negotiated procedure without prior publication for the provision of a portable low-field (0.064 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The contract will also include associated peripherals, training, support and maintenance services for a period of five (5) years.<br/><br/>The MRI scanner will be used for the purpose of accelerating and developing local place-based neuroimaging research into the process of assessment and diagnosis of dementia, in which timely access to neuroimaging is frequently a rate-limiting step. The scanner will also be available for researchers addressing other mental health disorders, such as research aligned to the new Kent Complex Psychosis Service and investigation of non-dementia mental illness in older and younger adults.<br/><br/>A key focus will be to aid the development of new AI algorithms in the assessment of structural change in dementia and cognitive decline – to decrease the need for high field MRI brain assessment in specialist centres and avoid the associated restrictive environment. <br/><br/>In order to support the Trust's research objectives, the Trust's requires a system which fulfils the following requirements:<br/><br/>• Approved for commercial sale in the UK (UKCA marked);<br/>• Small and highly portable design in order to fit through doorways and elevators, and to provide ease of manoeuvrability; <br/>• Magnetic configuration to enable researchers to work safely with participants during testing;<br/>• Ability to be powered through standard electrical outlets;<br/>• Low power consumption to reduce running costs;<br/>• Open design to reduce participant anxiety; and<br/>• Controlled through portable user-friendly wireless device (e.g. tablet).
II.2.5) Meini prawf dyfarnu
Maen prawf isod:
Maen prawf cost: Value for Money
/ Pwysoliad: N/A
II.2.11) Gwybodaeth am opsiynau
Opsiynau:
Na
II.2.13) Gwybodaeth am Gronfeydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd
Mae'r broses gaffael yn gysylltiedig â phrosiect a/neu raglen a ariennir gan gronfeydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd:
Na
II.2.14) Gwybodaeth ychwanegol
The Trust considers that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice to be permitted by Part 2 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.<br/><br/>The Trust is publishing this voluntary transparency notice to express its intention to enter into the contract.<br/><br/>The Trust shall not enter into the contract before the end of a period of at least 10 days beginning with the day after the date on which this notice was published.<br/><br/>The Trust expressly reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of the publication of this notice.
Section IV: Gweithdrefn
IV.1) Disgrifiad
IV.1.1) Y math o weithdrefn
Y weithdrefn a negodwyd heb gyhoeddiad ymlaen llaw
Cyfiawnhau'r weithdrefn ddyfarnu a ddewiswyd:
Mae'r cynhyrchion dan sylw yn cael eu cynhyrchu at ddibenion ymchwil, arbrawf, astudio neu ddatblygu yn unig o dan yr amod a nodir yn y Gyfarwyddeb (ar gyfer cyflenwadau yn unig)
Esboniad:
It is considered that the award of the contract following a negotiated procedure without prior publication is lawful in accordance with regulation(s) 32(5)(a) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, whereby the portable low-field MRI system will be "manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experimentation, study or development, and shall not include quantity production to establish commercial viability or to recover research and development costs". <br/><br/>The portable low-field MRI scanner will be used for the purpose of accelerating and developing local place-based neuroimaging research into the process of assessment and diagnosis of dementia, in which timely access to neuroimaging is frequently a rate-limiting step. The scanner will also be available for researchers addressing other mental health disorders, such as research aligned to the new Kent Complex Psychosis Service and investigation of non-dementia mental illness in older and younger adults.<br/><br/>A key focus will be to aid the development of new AI algorithms in the assessment of structural change in dementia and cognitive decline – to decrease the need for high field MRI brain assessment in specialist centres and avoid the associated restrictive environment. <br/><br/>The portable low field scanner will therefore be used in clinical research in alignment with current NHS England priorities, including reducing time to diagnosis and increasing dementia diagnosis rates, and to the priorities of clinical services both nationwide and internationally.<br/><br/>The portable low field MRI scanner has previously been used for Clinical Research in the NHS, gaining Health Research Authority (HRA) and UK Ethics approvals:<br/><br/>• 12/LO/1247 – West London & GTAC Research Ethics Committee, <br/>• 19/LO/1384 – City & East Research Ethics Committee.<br/><br/>It is also considered that the award of the contract following a negotiated procedure without prior publication is lawful in accordance with regulation(s) 32(2)(a)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, whereby "competition is absent for technical reasons".<br/><br/>Following market research, the Trust is confident the required product and associated services are only capable of being provided by a single supplier. The Trust’s guiding principles being the requirement for a portable low field MRI system most suitable for the acceleration and development of local place-based neuroimaging clinical research. This includes:<br/><br/>• Approved for commercial sale in the UK (UKCA marked);<br/>• Small and highly portable design in order to fit through doorways and elevators, and to provide ease of manoeuvrability; <br/>• Magnetic configuration to enable researchers to work safely with participants during testing;<br/>• Ability to be powered through standard electrical outlets;<br/>• Low power consumption to reduce running costs;<br/>• Open design to reduce participant anxiety; and<br/>• Controlled through portable user-friendly wireless device (e.g. tablet).<br/><br/>It is the Trust’s belief that Hypefine Ltd is the only economic operator capable of supplying an existing product within the Trust's timescales, and which fulfils these requirements in order to support the Trust’s objectives for undertaking local place-based neuroimaging clinical research.
IV.1.8) Gwybodaeth am Gytundeb Caffael y Llywodraeth (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Ydy
Section V: Dyfarnu contract/consesiwn
V.2 Dyfarnu contract/consesiwn
V.2.1) Y dyddiad y daeth y contract i ben/consesiwn
08/12/2023
V.2.2) Gwybodaeth am dendrau
Dyfarnwyd y contract i gr?p o weithredwyr economaidd:
Na
V.2.3) Enw a chyfeiriad y contractwr
Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
351 New Whitfield Street
Guilford
CT 06437
US
Ffôn: +1 8667966767
E-bost: info@hyperfine.io
NUTS: US
Cyfeiriad(au) rhyngrwyd
URL: https://hyperfine.io/
BBaCh yw’r contractwr:
Ydy
V.2.4) Gwybodaeth am werth y consesiwn a’r prif delerau cyllido (heb gynnwys TAW)
Amcangyfrif cychwynnol o gyfanswm gwerth y contract/lot/consesiwn: 280 000.00 GBP
Cyfanswm gwerth y consesiwn/lot: 280 000.00 GBP
V.2.5) Gwybodaeth am is-gontractio
Section VI: Gwybodaeth ategol
VI.4) Gweithdrefnau adolygu
VI.4.1) Corff adolygu
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
E-bost: royalcourtsofjustice.jc@gov.uk
Cyfeiriad(au) rhyngrwyd
URL: https://www.gov.uk/
VI.5) Dyddiad anfon yr hysbysiad hwn
08/12/2023