Published date: 2 June 2017

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 23 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Road transport services - 60100000

  • Pathology services - 85111800

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

SF049945

Published date

2 June 2017

Closing date

23 February 2018

Description

Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology Services ("CWPS") is seeking a partner to implement a dedicated Pathology Transport Service which will provide specimen, consumable and chemical transport for CWPS.

CWPS is a managed network of pathology laboratories hosted by University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Laboratory services are provided by laboratories at University Hospital, Coventry, South Warwickshire Hospital, Warwick and George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, as well as Queens Hospital, Burton (contracted until 2022).

The Pathology Transport Service will include transport between network laboratory sites, from community sites to the network laboratory sites and to other hospital and/or laboratory sites outside of the CWPS network. The Pathology Transport Service must also provide for the safe transportation of Blood, Blood Products, chemicals and may be required to move staff between the sites.

To assist in the strategic direction of the procurement and overall solution, CWPS will be holding a supplier day on Thursday 22nd June 2017. Please send your expression of interest to pathology@htepg.com; the deadline for expressions of interest for the supplier day will be 15th June. We will contact you within 7 days to confirm attendance and release further details.

This day will be held in accordance to Regulation 40 & 41 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Please note - direct enquiries about the Tender or future business should be made through HTE at the above email address. No direct contract should be made with the Network.

About the buyer

Contact name

Hannah Nicholls

Address

19 George Road
Birmingham
B15 1NU
England

Email

pathology@htepg.com