Published date: 23 December 2020

Last edited date: 4 January 2021

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: 18 January 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Mass spectrometer - 38433100

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£124,000

Procurement reference

tender_261020/913283

Published date

23 December 2020

Closing date

18 January 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 March 2021

Contract end date

28 February 2022

Contract type

Supply 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

The inherited metabolic disorders (IMD) laboratory in the department of Newborn Screening & Biochemical Genetics (NSBG) at Birmingham Children's Hospital, part of the Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, is the West Midlands regional NHS clinical pathology laboratory for the screening, diagnosis and monitoring of IMDs. IMDs are serious conditions that are individually rare but cumulatively common. The laboratory instrument inventory includes a single GCMS instrument on which the service is reliant for the provision of a range of specialist tests that includes:
- Qualitative/semi-quantitative (targeted spectral library screening) analysis of urine organic acids (TMS derivatives)
- Quantitative (stable isotope dilution) analysis of plasma very long chain fatty acids (methylester derivatives), plasma sterols and selected plasma/urine organic acids (TMS derivatives)
The Trust has capital funding to replace its current GCMS by the end of March 2021.

More information

Links

Additional text

Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.html and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure); 2. Express an Interest in the Tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open to All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Browse the ITTs (there may be more than one page) and select 'itt_31732 ' by clicking on it. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box; 3. Responding to the Tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

About the buyer

Address

14-17 George Road
Birmingham
B15 1NU
England

Email

nicola.watson@uhb.nhs.uk