Published date: 21 October 2022

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 2 November 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pathology services - 85111800

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

tender_319965/1116228

Published date

21 October 2022

Closing date

2 November 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its requirement for a Molecular Pathology Managed Service.

The Molecular Pathology Service at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive diagnostic service to internal users, as well as a large number of external users. The Department processes approximately 25,000 samples a year, the results of which are used for diagnostic and monitoring purposes and in conjunction with other clinical information to direct treatment.

Suppliers who are able to offer services relevant to this requirement are invited to express an interest and attend a presentation day. Further details on how to do this are contained within the additional information section of this notice.

This exercise is intended to provide potential bidders with the opportunity to review the Authority's Briefing Document and to provide information regarding the services they can offer that could meet these outline requirements. This builds on the Authority's commitment to engage with the market, by sharing information and seeking input from the market to enable us to develop the final specification and determine the appropriate route to market in a fair and transparent manner.

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Additional text

Potential suppliers are invited to provide a presentation for the pre-market engagement event to support the procurement of a Molecular Pathology Managed Service Contract on Monday 7 November 2022. This session will be a virtual session hosted via MS Teams. Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond via the online form on the Bravo Portal form by no later than 12:00 on 2 November 2022

Bravo reference of online form:

"pqq__28704 - Molecular Pathology Managed Service Market Engagement"

Direct link to response form:

https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/go/048504250183F57E1D4F

About the buyer

Address

Regent Court, George Road
Birmingham
B15 1NU
England

Email

emma.leach@uhb.nhs.uk