Published date: 27 March 2020

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: 15 April 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pathology services - 85111800

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_237165/847347

Published date

27 March 2020

Closing date

15 April 2020

Contract start date

30 April 2020

Contract end date

29 April 2021

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.

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

Due to COVID-19 global pandemic, urgent testing is required throughout healthcare facilities.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

HealthTrust Europe is seeking to establish a framework agreement for the supply of COVID-19 Testing equipment, consumables and related services. The framework will be structured into two lots. The first lot will provide a comprehensive range of COVID-19 point of care testing rapid diagnostic testing products to include handheld devices, bench-top devices, connected and non-connected devices, as well as consumables, such as test strips and cassettes, and other products that can be properly described as point of care or near-patient testing for COVID-19. The second lot will provide a comprehensive range of laboratory testing equipment, reagents, associated consumables and services for lab testing of COVID-19.


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Additional text

HTE is a central purchasing body who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an agent of UHCW. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with UHCW, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI)
These terms and conditions include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an activity based income management charge in consideration of the award of this contract and the management and administration by HTE of the overall contractual structure and associated documentation.


About the buyer

Address

19 George Road
Birmingham
B15 1NU
England

Email

diagnostics@htepg.com