Gamma counters

Tender description

The Contracting Authority intends to award a contract for the supply of a gamma counter for use in Beaumont Hospital’s Clinical Directorate of Laboratory Medicine. Following the supply, installation and commissioning of the equipment in question, the successful tenderer shall be required to enter into a support and maintenance contract for a period of 5 years. At the sole discretion of the Contracting Authority, this support and maintenance contract may be extended, at annual intervals, until the obsolescence of the equipment in question. This competition is being conducted by Beaumont Hospital in order to fulfil a local requirement. However, in addition to the equipment procured by Beaumont Hospital, the HSE and other HSE-funded agencies shall be entitled to make purchases on foot of this competitive process by reference to the terms of the successful tenderer’s tender submission. The Contracting Authority intends to award a contract for the supply of a gamma counter for use in Beaumont Hospital’s Clinical Directorate of Laboratory Medicine. Following the supply, installation and commissioning of the equipment in question, the successful tenderer shall be required to enter into a support and maintenance contract for a period of 5 years. At the sole discretion of the Contracting Authority, this support and maintenance contract may be extended, at annual intervals, until the obsolescence of the equipment in question. This competition is being conducted by Beaumont Hospital in order to fulfil a local requirement. However, in addition to the equipment procured by Beaumont Hospital, the HSE and other HSE-funded agencies shall be entitled to make purchases on foot of this competitive process by reference to the terms of the successful tenderer’s tender submission. This entitlement may be availed of for a period of 4 years from the date upon which the contract entered into between the successful tenderer and Beaumont Hospital commences. This procurement process, therefore, is being conducted on behalf of the Irish Public Health System (HSE), organisations funded by the HSE and the Irish Public Sector. In the first instance, Beaumont Hospital will enter into a contract in its own right with the successful tenderer identified following this competitive process. Any further contracts awarded on foot of this competitive process are a matter for the successful tenderer and the relevant organisation making the purchase in question. No guarantee is offered, not should any such guarantee be inferred, regarding the volume of additional purchases to be made on foot of this competitive process.