Published date: 28 September 2017

Last edited date: 28 September 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pathology services - 85111800

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0 to £24,000,000

Procurement reference

29219

Published date

28 September 2017

Closing date

25 October 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Bespoke Open Procedure (Light Touch Regime)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Hounslow Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is commissioning an end to end pathology test service to Hounslow GPs.
The CCG is seeking to benefit from a safe, reliable, quality assured and timely GP Direct Access Pathology Service that meets the needs of NHS Hounslow GP's and patients.
The service must be flexible to accommodate future GP practice opening hours, support GPs to request tests effectively, facilitate sharing of patients acute and primary care test results and lastly take on board new test developments where they are affordable and deliver value to the whole patient pathway.
Key commercial features of the contract will be a flexible pay per reportable test pricing mechanism along with marginal test pricing and incentivised demand management initiatives. The CCG requires a service which meets UKAS ISO15189 quality standards and deliver test results to stated Turnaround Times.
The contract to be offered as a result of this procurement exercise will be for an initial five year term commencing from 1st April 2018, with the option of an additional extension of up to three years.
Further information on the service is contained in the ITT Documentation.

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Organisations interested in tendering for this opportunity should visit the EU Supply at http://nhssbs.eu-supply.com and search for tender ID 29219. The ITT submission deadline is Noon on 25th October 2017.

There will be a Bidder Briefing Event to take place on Wednesday 4th October 2017. The briefing will take place from 10.00 to 11.30. The briefing will be held at Room 4W18, 4th Floor, Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health, 92 Bath Road, Hounslow, TW3 3EL.

Bidders wishing to attend the event are asked to complete and return the attached Bidder Briefing Registration form to greg_reide@nhs.net by close of business on 3rd October 2017

About the buyer

Contact name

Greg Reide

Address

Halyard Court, 31 Broadway
Salford
M50 2YR
England

Email

greg_reide@nhs.net