Notice Information
Notice Title
Biological sample logistics and fulfilment services
Notice Description
OFH are seeking to engage the market and gain feedback on viable solutions for the most effective approach (commercial & clinical solution) to collection and transportation blood samples from a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical settings to 4 UK processing sites (England, Scotland, Wales & N. Ireland) Consideration is also being given to a wider service to include fulfilment services which include the provision of booking system, kit assembly, packaging and associated consumables as well as onwards postage to the processing sites. OFH are seeking to review both ambient logistics channels as well as cold chain to include temperature tracking options in order to maintain sample integrity
Lot Information
Lot 1
The aim of Our Future Health is to recruit up to five million adults from across the UK to take part in the largest research study of its kind. Participants will be asked to provide information about their health and lifestyles and small sample of their blood. OFH will ask for permission to combine the information and samples provided with existing information about them, including their health records. Adding these additional types of information will help to build a more comprehensive picture of health and wellbeing that could be relevant to understanding what changes people's risk of disease. Combining these multiple sources of health and health-relevant information, including genetic data, will create an incredibly detailed picture that represents the whole of the UK. Researchers will use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. OFH will use the health information, including genetic data, to calculate disease risk scores for participants in Our Future Health where possible. Based on these risk profiles, it might be possible to better identify individuals who are at higher risk of developing certain diseases. This will provide an opportunity to test the potential of new diagnostic tests or treatments as they are discovered and to see how effective they could be for people at higher risk of certain diseases. This will also mean Our Future Health can facilitate research addressing important questions about the potential uses of new 'genetic risk scores' in health care. In order to achieve this aim, Our Future Health is separately contracting for services to process blood samples from each of the 5 million participants with the aim to commence from January 2022. It is expected that this will include award to 4 processing sites in the UK - one each in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. OFH are now seeking to engage market providers of logistics services and fulfilment that can manage biological samples in order to define key requirements and capabilities to consider: Chain of custody and auditability Packaging requirements (UN3373) Collection and Drop off points across the UK Interim storage / consolidation (Hub & Spoke) options Reporting /Tracking solutions Temperature monitoring solutions Kitting and fulfilment options Additional information: Providers in this market are invited to express interest in this procurement activity by email to ofhtransport@akesoco.com by Monday 27th September. On receipt of expression of interest providers will be asked to respond to a short questionnaire to gather information on optimal solutions for the service in advance of being invited to a briefing sessions to describe the requirement and expectation of the service of the market in more detail.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02e036
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022727-2021
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
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- CPV Codes
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
64120000 - Courier services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Sep 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Oct 2021Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OUR FUTURE HEALTH (AKESO&CO ACTING ON BEHALF OF)
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ofhtransport@akesoco.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MANCHESTER
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
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- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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