Published date: 14 September 2022

Last edited date: 15 September 2022

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: 17 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

  • Services provided by medical personnel - 85141000

    • Services provided by medical laboratories - 85145000

    • Medical analysis services - 85148000

Location of contract

SW1H 0EU

Value of contract

£750,000

Procurement reference

CF-1077600D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

14 September 2022

Closing date

17 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 January 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Department of Health and Social Care is looking to appoint a competent supplier for the delivery of two main outcomes
a) Increase the number of UK donors providing stem cell transplants for UK patients to improve resilience and sustainability of the UK stem cell supply
b) Increase the diversity of the donor pool to reduce health inequalities facing ethnic minority patients.

The appointed supplier would therefore need to provide services that include recruit donors, take necessary samples for genotyping, conduct laboratory analysis and genotyping and add the genotyped donors to the aligned UK Stem Cell Registry
Intended contract term: 2 years and 3 months (1st January 2023 to 31 March 2025) with the option to extend for a further period or periods of 12 months.
Estimated contract value (including extensions): £750,000 exclusive of VAT, £900,000 inclusive of VAT
The deadline to submit the questionnaire: no later than 17th October 2022, 12:00:00 GMT.

This Tender process will be issued by in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 as amended by the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 ("the Regulations) Schedule 3 ("Light Touch") services. This Procurement Exercise will therefore be run in accordance with 'the Regulations' as they apply to "light touch" services.
While the Authority is following a process broadly corresponding to an Open Procedure under 'the Regulations' neither that fact nor any other statements, acts or omissions of the Authority in connection with this Procurement Exercise should be taken as indicating that the Authority intends to be bound by the provisions of the 'Regulations' or the general principles to any greater extent than applies by law to the Light Touch Regime.

The opportunity will be available on the DHSC Atamis eTendering System. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so.
To find this opportunity in the eTendering system, select "Find Opportunities" and then search by project number or title. Once you have found the Opportunity, press the 'Register Interest' button to register your interest. This will make the project to appear on 'My proposals and quotes'. From there you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond,

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Improving Resilience - Stem Cell Registry

  • Opportunity
  • Published 14 September 2022

About the buyer

Contact name

Julia Estruga

Address

Victoria Road
London
SW1H 0EU
GB

Telephone

+441132045540

Email

ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk