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Tender

17 May 2024 at 16:11

Planning

05 Dec 2022 at 19:40

Summary of the contracting process

The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is planning a public procurement tender process titled "Pre Market Engagement - SY ICS Pathology Managed Equipment Service" for a pathology managed service contract. The Trust aims to engage with potential suppliers to replace existing pathology managed equipment and consumable services. The deadline for responses to the Request for Information is 23rd December 2022, and future tender opportunities will be communicated via the Atamis e-Tendering website.

The tender process offers opportunities for businesses in the pathology services sector, particularly those involved in managing laboratory equipment and services. Interested suppliers should be prepared to engage in premarket activities and express their interest by contacting sth.pathologyprocurement@nhs.net. Through Competitive Procedure with Negotiation, the Trust seeks to identify a comprehensive solution that aligns with their quality and efficiency objectives, with the final contract value estimated around £500 million.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Procurement of SYB Pathology Managed Service

Notice Description

This Contract Notice advertises a contract opportunity for the provision of a Pathology Managed Service Contract to the following five NHS Trusts working in partnership to deliver the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Service (SYB Pathology Service): (1) Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (part of BRILS); (2) Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; (3) The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust; (4) Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust and (5) Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT) (the "MSC"). During the term of the MSC, it is anticipated that Chesterfied Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ("Chesterfield) may become an associate member of the SYB Pathology Partnership in relation to Histopathology and therefore the MSC may be varied to enable Chesterfield to get the benefit of the SYB Pathology Service. On 1st April 2024 a single pathology service was established governed and managed by STHFT as the Host Organisation on behalf of the partnership. Over the coming years SYB Pathology will transition to the Target Operating Model which will deliver significant quality and efficiency benefits longer term.<br/> <br/>The establishment of the MSC will support transition to the target operating model and deliver significant quality and efficiency benefits for patients, clinicians, staff and wider stakeholders which includes the use of innovative and cutting-edge technologies. The MSC will cover all current and future workloads during its term and must meet all regulatory requirements and provide all integrated IT firmware, analysers, equipment, test kits, assays, reagents, chemicals, specific and general lab consumables and associated products and services to deliver the entire pathology and related hosted services across all sites and departments which form part of the SYB Pathology Service.<br/> <br/>Any resulting contract from this procurement process will be entered into by STHFT on behalf of the five organisations aforementioned and references to the "Authority" in this Contract Notice should be read as STHFT for and on behalf of the SYB Pathology partnership.

Lot Information

Managed Service

The scope of the Services for the Managed Service includes the provision and maintenance of all pathology equipment and their associated IT, interfaces, and licences as well as the provision of all associated consumables; reagents, collection devices, test kits, quality control/calibration material essential for the delivery of the activity, as well as the transferring of existing assets and contracts and scope of services covered under this tender. In addition to this, the MSC provider will be responsible for the end-to-end management and delivery of the Supply Chain incorporating all products and the execution of a full Inventory Management System. Specialisms within scope of this procurement exercise as as follows;

Managed Service Requirements
Pre & Post Analytics
Clinical Biochemistry & Viral Serology
Haematology
Coagulation
Blood Transfusion
Blood Cultures
IT, Interfacing and Data Management

The Authority is using the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended EU Exit (2020) etc.) to identify and define a solution which best addresses the Authority's requirements, as described within this suite of procurement documents.

The potential maximum aggregate value of the contract as advertised in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) is PS500m. This is inclusive of all Phases and In Scope Services but also considers any potential modifications which may be made to this Contract throughout its life. As such, this is not a guaranteed value.

However, for the purposes of this procurement, the maximum price is PS12.4m, a total value of the 15-year contract is PS186m.

Prices submitted for year 1 of the contract will be adjusted by the inflationary uplift only throughout the life of the contract.

Bids submitted which exceed the maximum price will be considered as unaffordable and will be rejected.

The deadline for submitting a response to the Selection Questionnaire is 19th June 2024 at 12noon.

Options: The Authority require Bidders to submit Options for their responses to the Invitation to Tender Questions for the following specifications:

* Specification 4 - Haematology
* Specification 5 - Coagulation
* Specification 6 - Blood Transfusion
* Specification 7 - Blood Culture

By 'options' we mean submissions which are 'distinctly different'. Bidders are required to submit a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 options for each specialism identified.

Each option will be evaluated against the same evaluation criteria using the same evaluation scoring matrix as set out within the procurement documentation. Bidders are required to respond to all questions linked to the requirement for each option that they are submitting.

Bidders are required to submit a separate commercial offer for each combination of options submitted. In determining which Option has scored the highest and would be part of the subsequent awarded contract, the percentage score awarded for commercials will be added to moderated quality and social value scores. The award will be made on the highest scoring proposal, including quality, price and social value scores.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-038ad8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015758-2024
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

42 - Industrial machinery

45 - Construction work

48 - Software package and information systems

51 - Installation services (except software)

64 - Postal and telecommunications services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

33100000 - Medical equipments

33110000 - Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use

33140000 - Medical consumables

33696000 - Reagents and contrast media

33696500 - Laboratory reagents

33790000 - Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware

33793000 - Laboratory glassware

33910000 - Pathology dissection instruments and supplies

38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38434500 - Biochemical analysers

38434520 - Blood analysers

38437000 - Laboratory pipettes and accessories

38510000 - Microscopes

38519500 - Laboratory microscope replacement bulbs

39180000 - Laboratory furniture

39181000 - Laboratory benching

42122500 - Laboratory pumps and accessories

42300000 - Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens

42671100 - Laboratory tool carriers

42931100 - Laboratory centrifuges and accessories

45214430 - Language laboratory construction work

45214610 - Laboratory building construction work

45215100 - Construction work for buildings relating to health

45215146 - Pathology room construction work

48000000 - Software package and information systems

51430000 - Installation services of laboratory equipment

64120000 - Courier services

71900000 - Laboratory services

72224000 - Project management consultancy services

73111000 - Research laboratory services

79411000 - General management consultancy services

79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

85100000 - Health services

85111800 - Pathology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£500,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£500,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 May 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
19 Jun 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Apr 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Additional Buyers

SY ICS

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SHEFFIELD
Postcode
S10 2JF
Postcode Area
Sheffield
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE3 South Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE32 Sheffield
Delivery Location
TLE3 South Yorkshire

Local Authority
Sheffield
Electoral Ward
Broomhill and Sharrow Vale
Westminster Constituency
Sheffield Central

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