Published date: 17 May 2024

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: 19 June 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pathology services - 85111800

Location of contract

S5 7AU

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-2366800D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

17 May 2024

Closing date

19 June 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 November 2025

Contract end date

2 November 2040

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

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

The scope of the Services for the Managed Service includes the provision and maintenance of all pathology equipment and their associated IT, interfaces, and licences as well as the provision of all associated consumables; reagents, collection devices, test kits, quality control/calibration material essential for the delivery of the activity, as well as the transferring of existing assets and contracts and scope of services covered under this tender. In addition to this, the MSC provider will be responsible for the end-to-end management and delivery of the Supply Chain incorporating all products and the execution of a full Inventory Management System. Specialisms within scope of this procurement exercise as as follows;

Managed Service Requirements
Pre & Post Analytics
Clinical Biochemistry & Viral Serology
Haematology
Coagulation
Blood Transfusion
Blood Cultures
IT, Interfacing and Data Management

The Authority is using the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended EU Exit (2020) etc.) to identify and define a solution which best addresses the Authority's requirements, as described within this suite of procurement documents.

The potential maximum aggregate value of the contract as advertised in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) is £500m. This is inclusive of all Phases and In Scope Services but also considers any potential modifications which may be made to this Contract throughout its life. As such, this is not a guaranteed value.

However, for the purposes of this procurement, the maximum price is £12.4m, a total value of the 15-year contract is £186m.

Prices submitted for year 1 of the contract will be adjusted by the inflationary uplift only throughout the life of the contract.

Bids submitted which exceed the maximum price will be considered as unaffordable and will be rejected.

The deadline for submitting a response to the Selection Questionnaire is 19th June 2024 at 12noon.


More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Pathology Procurement

Address

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield
S5 7AU
GB

Email

sth.pathologyprocurement@nhs.net