Notice Information
Notice Title
EQA Material
Notice Description
The Health Board seek to establish a contract for the supply of EQA Material for Weqas. Weqas is a National External Quality Assessment provider which monitors the analytical performance of diagnostic laboratories in the UK, Ireland and overseas. Weqas is one of the leading External Quality Assessment (EQA) providers with over 50 years experience in Quality Assurance, providing solutions in Laboratory Medicine. Weqas is accredited to ISO 17043: Conformity Assessment - General Requirements for Proficiency Testing (4301). The Reference Laboratory is accredited to standard ISO 15195 Laboratory Medicine - Requirements for Reference Measurement Laboratories and ISO 17025-General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Weqas is a semi autonomous, non profit making organisation hosted by Cardiff and Vale uHB (legal entity). Weqas is its own independent Clinical Board within Cardiff and Vale uHB. This contract is for Weqas who require External Quality Assessment [EQA] Material for undertaking global quality assessment programmes for Blood Gas, Co-oximetry, pO2 accuracy, Blood Gas with Haematocrit ,PoCT Hb and Hb variants. Weqas has a manufacturing facility which manufactures EQA and IQC (Internal Quality Control) material, and therefore, manufactures the majority of products in house, however, some specialized products need to be sourced from a third party supplier. The product specification will detail the material required to be supplied from this external source for Quality Assurance testing.
Lot Information
Lot 1
EQA Material for Blood Gas
Renewal: two years in annual increments and board's discretion
Lot 2EQA material for assessing accuracy of pO2
Lot 3EQA material for Blood Gas with Haematocrit
Lot 4material for Hb Variants
Lot 5material for Co-oximetry
Lot 6material for POCT Hb
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e74b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006980-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33696500 - Laboratory reagents
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Contact Name
- Charlie Webber
- Contact Email
- charlie.webber@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2921501500
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
- TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Taff's Well
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-04e74b-2025-02-21T16:14:07Z",
"date": "2025-02-21T16:14:07Z",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04e74b",
"description": "Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the tender documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency, the contracting authority will not negotiate the terms. The Contracting Authority is proposing to use the Open Procedure to conduct this procurement. Velindre University NHS Trust will award the contract as hosts of NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services. For the avoidance of doubt, Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board will be entering into the contract with the appointed provider. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders. The contracting authority reserves the right to award the Contract in whole or in part. The contracting authority reserves the right to pause, halt and/or annul the tendering process and not to award the Contract. The Contract to which this procurement relates are funded via Welsh Government funding. Please refer to the invitation to tender for rights reserved to the contracting authority should the said funding cease or reduce. Delivery of the requirement under the proposed Contract is on 1st July 2024. To complete your formal proposal, please access the ITT via the Bravo eTender Wales portal where you will find a full suite of tender documentation. 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse the eSourcing portal: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click the link to register - Accept the Ts and Cs and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business/user details 2. Express and interest in the tender - Log into the portal with the username/password - Click the 'ITT Open to all suppliers' link - Click on ITT_115527 - Click the 'express interest' button at the top of the page - This will move the ITT into your 'my ITT's page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - You can now access any attachments by clicking 'buyer attachments' in the 'ITT details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'my response' under 'ITT details' and you can choose to 'create response' or to 'decline to respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion and then follow the on screen instructions to complete the tender response. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on: Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=140763 NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=147915 (WA Ref:147915)",
"initiationType": "tender",
"tender": {
"id": "CAV-OJEU-58465",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "32014L0024",
"scheme": "CELEX"
},
"title": "EQA Material",
"status": "active",
"classification": {
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "33696500",
"description": "Laboratory reagents"
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
"description": "The Health Board seek to establish a contract for the supply of EQA Material for Weqas. Weqas is a National External Quality Assessment provider which monitors the analytical performance of diagnostic laboratories in the UK, Ireland and overseas. Weqas is one of the leading External Quality Assessment (EQA) providers with over 50 years experience in Quality Assurance, providing solutions in Laboratory Medicine. Weqas is accredited to ISO 17043: Conformity Assessment - General Requirements for Proficiency Testing (4301). The Reference Laboratory is accredited to standard ISO 15195 Laboratory Medicine - Requirements for Reference Measurement Laboratories and ISO 17025-General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Weqas is a semi autonomous, non profit making organisation hosted by Cardiff and Vale uHB (legal entity). Weqas is its own independent Clinical Board within Cardiff and Vale uHB. This contract is for Weqas who require External Quality Assessment [EQA] Material for undertaking global quality assessment programmes for Blood Gas, Co-oximetry, pO2 accuracy, Blood Gas with Haematocrit ,PoCT Hb and Hb variants. Weqas has a manufacturing facility which manufactures EQA and IQC (Internal Quality Control) material, and therefore, manufactures the majority of products in house, however, some specialized products need to be sourced from a third party supplier. The product specification will detail the material required to be supplied from this external source for Quality Assurance testing.",
"lotDetails": {
"maximumLotsBidPerSupplier": 6,
"maximumLotsAwardedPerSupplier": 6
},
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"title": "Lot 1",
"description": "EQA Material for Blood Gas",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"name": "Technical",
"type": "quality",
"description": "65"
},
{
"type": "price",
"description": "35"
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"durationInDays": 2520
},
"hasRenewal": true,
"renewal": {
"description": "two years in annual increments and board's discretion"
},
"submissionTerms": {
"variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
},
"hasOptions": false,
"status": "active"
},
{
"id": "2",
"title": "Lot 2",
"description": "EQA material for assessing accuracy of pO2",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"name": "Technical",
"type": "quality",
"description": "65"
},
{
"type": "price",
"description": "35"
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"durationInDays": 2520
},
"hasRenewal": false,
"submissionTerms": {
"variantPolicy": "notAllowed",
"electronicCataloguePolicy": "required"
},
"hasOptions": false,
"status": "active"
},
{
"id": "3",
"title": "Lot 3",
"description": "EQA material for Blood Gas with Haematocrit",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"name": "Technical",
"type": "quality",
"description": "65"
},
{
"type": "price",
"description": "35"
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"durationInDays": 2520
},
"hasRenewal": false,
"submissionTerms": {
"variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
},
"hasOptions": false,
"status": "active"
},
{
"id": "4",
"title": "Lot 4",
"description": "material for Hb Variants",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"name": "Technical",
"type": "quality",
"description": "65"
},
{
"type": "price",
"description": "35"
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"durationInDays": 2520
},
"hasRenewal": false,
"submissionTerms": {
"variantPolicy": "notAllowed",
"electronicCataloguePolicy": "required"
},
"hasOptions": false,
"status": "active"
},
{
"id": "5",
"title": "Lot 5",
"description": "material for Co-oximetry",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"name": "Technical",
"type": "quality",
"description": "65"
},
{
"type": "price",
"description": "35"
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"durationInDays": 2520
},
"hasRenewal": false,
"submissionTerms": {
"variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
},
"hasOptions": false,
"status": "active"
},
{
"id": "6",
"title": "Lot 6",
"description": "material for POCT Hb",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"name": "Technical",
"type": "quality",
"description": "65"
},
{
"type": "price",
"description": "35"
}
]
},
"contractPeriod": {
"durationInDays": 2520
},
"hasRenewal": false,
"submissionTerms": {
"variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
},
"hasOptions": false,
"status": "active"
}
],
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "33696500",
"description": "Laboratory reagents"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKL22"
}
],
"relatedLot": "1"
},
{
"id": "2",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "33696500",
"description": "Laboratory reagents"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKL22"
}
],
"relatedLot": "2"
},
{
"id": "3",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "33696500",
"description": "Laboratory reagents"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKL22"
}
],
"relatedLot": "3"
},
{
"id": "4",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "33696500",
"description": "Laboratory reagents"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKL22"
}
],
"relatedLot": "4"
},
{
"id": "5",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "33696500",
"description": "Laboratory reagents"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKL22"
}
],
"relatedLot": "5"
},
{
"id": "6",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "33696500",
"description": "Laboratory reagents"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKL22"
}
],
"relatedLot": "6"
}
],
"submissionMethod": [
"electronicSubmission"
],
"submissionMethodDetails": "https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml",
"communication": {
"atypicalToolUrl": "https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml"
},
"procurementMethod": "open",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
"techniques": {
"hasElectronicAuction": true
},
"coveredBy": [
"GPA"
],
"tenderPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-03-31T12:00:00+01:00"
},
"submissionTerms": {
"languages": [
"en",
"cy"
]
},
"awardPeriod": {
"startDate": "2025-03-31T12:00:00+01:00"
},
"bidOpening": {
"date": "2025-03-31T12:00:00+01:00"
},
"hasRecurrence": false,
"contractTerms": {
"hasElectronicOrdering": true,
"electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed",
"hasElectronicPayment": true
}
},
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-109",
"name": "NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw",
"locality": "Cardiff",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "CF15 7QZ",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Charlie Webber",
"telephone": "+44 2921501500",
"email": "Charlie.Webber@wales.nhs.uk",
"url": "https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml"
},
"roles": [
"buyer",
"centralPurchasingBody"
],
"details": {
"url": "http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/",
"buyerProfile": "https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
"id": "REGIONAL_AUTHORITY",
"description": "Regional or local authority"
},
{
"scheme": "COFOG",
"id": "07",
"description": "Health"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-111",
"name": "High Court",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "High Court"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand",
"locality": "London",
"postalCode": "WC2A 2LL",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"telephone": "+44 2079477501"
},
"roles": [
"reviewBody"
]
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-FTS-109",
"name": "NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)"
},
"language": "en"
}