Published date: 12 August 2021
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000
Location of contract
East of England
Value of contract
£249,000
Procurement reference
LGSS001-DN547683-58201282
Published date
12 August 2021
Closing date
12 July 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
18 August 2021
Contract end date
29 February 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Background
National Approach to Test and Trace
• The Government launched the NHS Test and Trace Service on 28th May 2020. This national service is designed to control the virus and enable people to live a safer and more normal life. The overarching guiding principles being Test; Trace; Contain; Enable.
• The NHS Test and Trace Service will work as a proposed 3 tier system; Tier 1 is of relevance for the local testing system
• Tier 1 will be a regionalised network, including sub-regional and localised delivery providing contact tracing, consequence management and support in relation to complex settings, cohorts and individuals / households.
• Local planning and response will be the key to allowing the national service to work effectively at large scale.
• Local outbreak control plans centring on 7 key themes will be developed; and key theme 3 is identified as 'local testing capacity'
• The local testing service will need to ensure a swift response that is accessible to the local population (defining how to prioritise and manage deployment)
• A key consideration will be the ability of the local testing system to be able to respond swiftly once a complex cluster or setting has been identified through the national NHS Test and Trace initiative or through any other national or local stakeholders; e.g. East of England PHE Centre
Aims and Objectives
• The objective is to ensure that swift and effective local provision of community swabbing is always available to support the multiagency SARS-CoV-2 outbreak response in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
• The aim will be to build on existing commissioned services (eg: School Nursing, District Nursing) in the creation of the systems and extra capacity required to achieve the objective above.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
21080 CCC and PCC Urgent and Surge Community Swabbing Service for Covid-19
- Opportunity
- Published 17 June 2021
Links
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- https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=4d8cb5a5-74dc-e511-810e-000c29c9ba21&v=1
- Tender notice
- Apply Online
Award information
Awarded date
12 August 2021
Contract start date
30 October 2021
Contract end date
31 December 2022
Total value of contract
£249,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
GPDQ
Address
N11 2HU
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
David Isaacs
Address
Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1223703518
david.isaacs@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Website
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Closing: 12 July 2021, 12pm