Notice Information
Notice Title
Blood Glucose Meters & Associated Consumables
Notice Description
Supply of Blood testing equipment (Glucose Meters) & associated consumables (Test-strips). together with EQA & IQA
Lot Information
Lot 1
Blood glucose monitoring refers to testing the concentration of glucose in the blood to aid the management of Diabetes types 1 & 2. Similarly, monitoring the presence of ketones in the blood is also important as high levels can result in complications such as Ketoacidosis. This procurement will involve the supply of Blood glucose monitoring equipment(meters) and associated consumables (Test-strips for the Point of Care Testing Service at Swansea Bay University Health Board & Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend. This will be to renew the existing arrangement with Abbott Laboratories Ltd.
Procurement Information
The current contract with Abbott Laboratories Ltd ended on the 30th September 2021. The Health Board's intention was to enter into a 2 year contract with Abbott Laboratories Ltd through a direct award under the terms of a Public Sector Framework. This would enable sufficient time for NWSSP Shared Services Procurement to undertake a formal market-test exercise, to award a new All Wales Framework in Autumn 2023. Currently, the Health Board's POCT Service are not able to contemplate an alternative supplier for the reasons outlined below: Within SBU there are 3,279 active operators and the SBU POCT Team also support another 937 on the Princess of Wales (PoW) site under the terms of an SLA The migration of operators to a completely new device would need to be completed on a rolling basis with full training for every member of staff. The POCT Team is not in a position to support this due to the extra training demands in relation to Covid-19 and the clinical areas are still finding it difficult to release staff to attend training, due to staffing pressures. The current management of testing allows for staff to move flexibly from one area or site to another. During the process of migration this flexibility will be lost to a degree with some areas using the new meter and other areas using the existing meter, this could expose the HB to risk, given current staffing pressures. Unfortunately, the Health Board cannot find a Public Sector Framework with which to engage with Abbott Laboratories Ltd at this time and therefore, there is no opportunity to make a compliant direct award. For the reasons outlined above and to ensure continuity of service for patient care, the Health Board has no option but to extend for two years without any formal underpinning Framework arrangement. In the interim the Health Board is committed to the All Wales market test which will come to fruition in Autumn 2023, for a new formal contract for Point of Care Blood Glucose & Ketone Testing.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02eebd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026448-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33696200 - Blood-testing reagents
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £468,765 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Oct 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Oct 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- richard.clayfield@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1443848585
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL18 Swansea
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Taff's Well
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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