Published date: 10 December 2018

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: 9 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Printed books, brochures and leaflets - 22100000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£255,000

Procurement reference

tender_194159/730604

Published date

10 December 2018

Closing date

9 January 2019

Contract start date

1 February 2019

Contract end date

31 January 2022

Contract type

Supply 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?

No


Description

Contract for the supply of specimen bags and mount forms. The products required are highly specialised items used throughout the trust for the sending of various types of specimen samples for pathological analysis and the mounting of reports.

The specimen request bags are highly specialised hospital pathology type request forms which include an integral sealable and leakproof specimen bag. The bag includes an absorbent material pad within the bag itself loose. The item comprises various printed forms partially overlaid by a specimen bag attached.

The mount forms are used within hospital departments for affixing a large number of reports securely onto a single document, usually sheets with self-adhesive mounting strips to store small result printouts.

Please see attachment in the tender documents for full specification details.


About the buyer

Contact name

Carol Godfrey

Address

32-34 Melchett Road, Kings Norton Business Centre
Birmingham
B30 3HS
England

Telephone

+44 1213718651

Email

carol.godfrey@uhb.nhs.uk

Website

http://www.uhb.nhs.uk