Ongoing supply of consumables and automated infectious-disease diagnostic systems

Summary

The procurement covers consumables and the automated systems and equipment needed for infectious-disease testing at the microbiology laboratory of Valencia University Clinical Hospital. It is divided into 10 lots, and bids must cover a complete lot. The lots include viral-load and sexually transmitted infection testing, tuberculosis and hepatitis C genotyping, gastrointestinal and respiratory infection diagnostics, HPV screening and genotyping, blood cultures and antimicrobial-susceptibility testing, nucleic-acid extraction, and syndromic PCR panels. The lot specifications provide for the relevant equipment to be made available; for some lots the supplier must also provide installation, maintenance, technical support and laboratory staff training. Supplies are delivered in partial orders according to the laboratory’s needs. Standard deliveries are due within 7 working days of an order, and urgent deliveries within 48 hours. The price must include transport. Equipment, reagents and other products must comply with applicable medical-device and in-vitro diagnostic requirements and have the required CE, IVD or IVDR marking and supporting certificates. Bidders must demonstrate compliance with each lot’s mandatory technical specifications, which include requirements for processing capacity, pathogen panels, detection limits, sample traceability and connection to the laboratory information system. The maximum tender budget is €5,389,911.07 including 21% VAT; the estimated contract value is €9,799,838.31. The initial contract term is 2 years, with a possible 2-year extension and a planned modification of up to 20%. No price review is provided for. Participation requires a signed European Single Procurement Document and compliance with the lot-specific technical conditions and the submission requirements in the tender documents.