Published date: 25 August 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory services - 71900000
Miscellaneous health services - 85140000
Community health services - 85323000
Location of contract
DL9 3LS
Value of contract
£208,300
Procurement reference
tender_314898/1100985
Published date
25 August 2022
Closing date
29 September 2022
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
1 January 2023
Contract end date
31 December 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
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Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF HELMINTH SCREENING TESTING, FOR ARMY RECRUITS AT INFANTRY TRAINING CENTRE (ITC) CATTERICK MEDICAL CENTRE
The Authority has a requirement for Helminths Screening Testing Services for the Gurkha recruitment intake of approximately 400 personnel annually. The Tenderer shall be required to provide the stool specimen pots and serology tubes for each recruit plus an extra 10% in case of repeats/breakages.
The tests required are:
a. Stool Concentration Culture (1 x test for each Patient)
b. Stool Culture (1 x test for each patient)
c. Stool PCR (1 x test for each patient)
d. Strongyloides Elisa Antibody Test and frozen serum store (1 x test for each patient)
The Tenderer shall be required to issue the results within the following timelines:
a. Stool culture results will be submitted 7 working days after receipt of samples as normal.
b. Strongyloides antibody results will be submitted within one month after receipt of samples as normal.
c. Stool concentration results will be submitted 12 weeks after receipt of samples as normal.
d. Stool PCR results will be submitted 20 weeks after receipt of samples
QUALITY STANDARDS
The Tender shall need to comply with the following Quality Standards:
a. ISO 31000:2009/DIS31000.
b. Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
c. Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 Safe management of healthcare waste.
d. ISO15189:2012 (Registered with United Kingdom Accreditation Services or suitable equivalent).
Cyber Security: The MoD has a duty to protect itself from Cyber threats and now we extend this to Suppliers we engage with. As an extension of the Government's Cyber Essentials Scheme the MoD, working together with Industry and other Government Departments, have developed a more robust Cyber Security Model, under the umbrella of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP). All prime Contractors must have the cyber security controls specified in DEF Stan 05-138 (Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers), as appropriate to the cyber risk level specified in the contract.
The Authority has determined the level of risk at High (Reference: RAR-819956375) as defined in DEF Stan 05-138. In order to do business with the MOD you must have the cyber security controls required as shown above
About the buyer
Contact name
Lynn
Address
Defence Medical Services,
Lichfield
WS14 9PY
England
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Closing: 29 September 2022, 5pm
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