Procurement of Kitting Automation Equipment

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    "description": "ProcessSuppliers instructions: the opportunity will be available on the DHSC Atamis eTendering System and will be conducted using the competitive dialogue procedure. You must be registered on the Atamis e-Sourcing Suite (\"Atamis\") via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome in order to take part in this Procurement. If you are not already registered you can do so using the same link. Select 'Find Opportunities' and then select the 'Procurement of Kitting Automation Equipment' opportunity, reference C43352. Once you have selected the Opportunity, press the 'Register Interest' button to register your interest. Once the tender pack is published you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, if you decide not to participate in the opportunityIf you have any issues with using Atamis, or require any assistance, please contact the Atamis helpdesk prior to the Tender Submission Deadline at support-health@atamis.co.uk or 0800 9956035. We are planning to issue the tender pack on Wednesday 25th June 2021, an automatic message will be sent notifying you as long as you have expressed your interest against this opportunity. For further assistance please consult the online help, or the eTendering help desk.Bidders will be invited to submit both an SQ and an ITT response in parallel. Responses from Bidders who meet the criteria of the SQ will be evaluated against the criteria that will be published in the tender pack. The three Bidders with the highest evaluation sores will then be invited to participate in Competitive Dialogue, alongside a parallel site visit assessment. Following completion of Competitive Dialogue and site visit assessments, down selected Bidders may submit revised bids for final evaluation which will be evaluated against the final evaluation criteria published in the tender pack. Full details of the evaluation process and assessment will be published in the tender pack.We reserve the right to: (i) to cancel this procurement at any stage; (ii) to not award any contract as a result of the procurement; (iii) make any changes to the timetable, structure or content of the competition. Bidders' costs of responding to this opportunity shall be at their own expense,Please note that all future correspondence for the event will be our e-Procurement System.",
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        "description": "The Department of Health & Social Care has set up the Test & Trace Programme to address the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the Mass Testing programme, the Test & Trace Programme produces PCR and LAMP test kits. Currently, these diagnostic test kits are produced in a largely manual fashion. The Test & Trace programme is seeking to establish a fully automated capability to produce diagnostic test-kits at large scale.",
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