Notice Information
Notice Title
NHS Scotland Bowel Screening FIT Kits, Distribution and Analysers
Notice Description
Tenders were invited from suitably qualified Contractors who wished to participate in a competition for the appointment of a single vendor agreement as part of the delivery of the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme. The agreement is for 5 years for the supply and distribution of a Quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit per individual invitation, to be analysed on an appropriate Automated Test Platform. This was referred to in the documents as the Complete FIT Solution. All bowel screening participant were therefore to provide a FIT solution that also took into consideration both mailing of the test out to the participant and returning by mail back in to the Laboratory. The FIT will be issued by post (via a third party outsource mail fulfillment supplier) and returned by post to the Laboratory for testing. Each FIT will be required to be easily packaged to Royal Mail standards.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Tenders were invited from suitably qualified Contractors who wished to participate in a competition for the appointment of a single vendor agreement as part of the delivery of the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme. The agreement is for 5 years for the supply and distribution of a Quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit per individual invitation, to be analysed on an appropriate Automated Test Platform. This was referred to in the documents as the Complete FIT Solution. All bowel screening participant communication is carried out by letter. The requirements were therefore to provide a FIT solution that also takes into consideration both mailing of the test out to the participant and returning by mail back in to the Laboratory. The FIT will be issued by post (via a third party outsource mail fulfilment supplier) and returned by post to the Laboratory for testing. Each FIT will be required to be easily packaged to Royal Mail standards and needs to contain the following information: - Information personal to the addressee consisting of - the NHS Community Health Index (CHI) Number (10 digits), Forename, Surname, unique FIT identifier number and barcode, the word Date (of sampling) and space for this to be written on the FIT by the participant. All of these details should be clearly readable when the returned test is booked into the Laboratory. - Information on how to do the test will also be required within the letter/packaging. - A return prepaid packaging solution is required to be enclosed or be part of the packaging and this must meet Royal Mail standards. - This information can either be enclosed in an accompanying letter or displayed within the mail packaging solution. The Centre will manage the distribution of all correspondence via a third party mail fulfilment company. It was vital that the information within the kit number /barcode is translatable via an interface into the Scottish Bowel Screening IT system (BoSS).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02b34d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011227-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
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- CPV Codes
33140000 - Medical consumables
38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,917,304 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 May 20215 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 May 20215 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS Tayside
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DUNDEE
- Postcode
- DD1 9SY
- Postcode Area
- Dundee
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM03 Angus and Dundee City
- Delivery Location
- TLM71 Angus and Dundee City
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- Local Authority
- Dundee City
- Electoral Ward
- West End
- Westminster Constituency
- Dundee Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.