Published date: 10 February 2022

Last edited date: 23 May 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: 14 June 2022, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory services - 71900000

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£371,136,000 to £447,936,000

Procurement reference

GGC0726

Published date

10 February 2022

Closing date

14 June 2022

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

12 September 2023

Contract end date

11 September 2039

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) are acting on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, to obtain a Contractor for The Provision of a Laboratories Managed Service. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) require a Provider/Contractor to provide a Managed Laboratory Service for the large majority of analyses performed within the NHS GG&C Laboratory Medicine Department across the full range of laboratory specialties. The maximum affordability limit for the total Contract (including any potential extensions and VAT) is £447,936,000 and the Contract will be for the duration of a 7 year initial period with either the option to extend for 2 further periods of 7 years and 2 years or a single further period of 2 years only, with a service commencement date of 12th September 2023. NHS GG&C is the largest of 14 territorial NHS Boards in Scotland. It serves a population of 1.2 million and employs circa 39,000 staff. Therefore it is essential that the proposed solution to provide the Managed Service is customised to the operational and clinical requirements of all Departments. The individual requirements for the Procurement are:-
- A - General - includes Board IT Requirements
- B - Biochemistry & Immunology - includes electrophoresis & POCT
- C - Haematology and H&I - includes electrophoresis & POCT
- D - Genetics
- E - Pathology
- F - Microbiology, Virology and Reference Laboratories - includes POCT
- G - Blood / Urine / Fluid Collection Systems
- H - Ultra Low Freezers/Incubators/Centrifuges/Gases
It is anticipated that the proposed solution will provide new equipment and therefore any costs related to this should be costed within the submission. Further information on the full services required can be found within the Tender pack and Providers wishing to express an interest in participating in this Invitation to Tender (ITT) should register their interest on www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk to access the documentation required to provide the Service. The ITT documentation should be completed and submitted by 5pm on 20th May 2022. A PIN notice has been advertised using the below references:-
ocds-h6vhtk-02e9d8
FTS 025194-2021
To view a copy of the PIN, please use the PIN link here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT430003

More information

Links

Additional text

After consideration of the most recent clarification question and previous questions, NHS GG&C have carefully considered a number of different submission options to ensure the least impact and inconvenience for Suppliers regarding the size limits of Bid submissions.
Therefore, bid submissions are required to be submitted slightly differently than as described in the Bidder Instructions.
To ensure size limitations are mitigated, all Bid responses must be provided on a word document, containing a link to a Secure File Transfer, which should be uploaded to the PCS website. The word document should contain the name of the Supplier and third parties with a direct clickable link to the secure file transfer location. It is NHS GG&Cs preference that no password is used, however, if a password is required, then this should also be included within the Word document. It is the responsibility of the Supplier to ensure that the Link works and is accessible to NHS GG&C. Any responses received after the deadline of 3pm on 14th June 2022 will not be accepted.
It can also be confirmed that any documents or bid submissions with time stamps after this deadline will be disqualified and Suppliers will be excluded from the Procurement process. NHS SBS on behalf of NHS GG&C will review time stamps when completing the tender download following the tender deadline.
For the avoidance of doubt this decision has been taken to ensure the least detrimental impact on suppliers and to ensure fairness, non-bias, transparency and equality.

About the buyer

Contact name

Rachael Frank

Address

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street
Glasgow
G4 0SF
Scotland

Telephone

+441412114646

Email

Rachael_Frank@nhs.net

Website

http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/about-us/procurement/