Published date: 23 October 2020

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Awarded contract (published 5 March 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£75,000

Procurement reference

tender_248517/880577

Published date

23 October 2020

Closing date

9 November 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

23 November 2020

Contract end date

21 May 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This requirement is to identify time-limited short-term diagnostic support for London for the molecular testing of respiratory samples against a defined repertoire of virology respiratory tests including COVID-19.

The commissioned service will support PHE, DHSC, and other stakeholders in London to be ready for the public health outbreaks in respiratory viral infections, and the predicted spike in COVID-19 infections over the winter covering from receipt of samples to issue of results and provision of surge capacity in the event of respiratory (non-COVID-19) outbreaks. PHE support for outbreaks of COVID-19 will continue to be provided by the PHE laboratory at Colindale.

The subject of this tender covers the following "public health microbiology" functions, which are required on a 7 day/week basis. These functions include but are not limited to:

- Provision of a 24/7 testing service for respiratory samples using molecular techniques against a defined repertoire of virology respiratory tests including COVID-19.
- Laboratory reporting of clinically significant respiratory viral infections including COVID-19 to the Health Protection Teams (HPT).
- Working with the PHE laboratory network to provide sufficient testing capacity to deal with large respiratory virology or COVID-19 outbreaks sustained over extended periods.
- Liaising with the PHE London Clinical, Scientific and Administration staff to support an effective Public Health Microbiology Service (PHMS) for respiratory viruses and COVID-19 for London.
- Agree to participate in gathering of data relating to respiratory viral infections and COVID-19 on behalf of PHE.
- Consideration of provision of additional work (identification or typing) where not undertaken by a partner reference laboratory, for example flu typing.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Imran Rahman

Address

133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
England

Email

Imran.rahman@phe.gov.uk