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title: "Provision of Automated Digital Slide scanner"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-028ec9"
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# Provision of Automated Digital Slide scanner

Buyer: PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-028ec9

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Public Health England (PHE), which has awarded a contract for the provision of an Automated Digital Slide Scanner. This purchase, categorised under diagnostic systems within the broader goods industry, is located in the UK. The contract was awarded to Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited and is marked as complete, following a limited procurement methodology. The award was necessitated by extreme urgency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected key dates and deadlines pertinent to public health emergency compliance.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in laboratory and diagnostic equipment, particularly those proficient in digital imaging technologies. Companies specialising in similar products or offering innovative solutions for enhancing pathological analysis and rapid reporting would be well-suited to compete in future tenders. Such enterprises can leverage the urgency noted in the procurement rationale to align their offerings with the ongoing needs of health organisations managing critical public health crises.

## Notice

Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract to Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited for the provision of Automated Digital Slide scanner. PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This single tender action request is for the purpose of procuring a digital slide scanner in support of increased output and digital image analysis to produce quantitative instead of qualitative only pathological analysis and rapid access for short through-put reporting which is necessary for the current COVID-19 studies.

### Procurement Information

The Government must protect the health and well-being of UK citizens. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 Jan 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 Mar 2020. PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the COVID -19 outbreak. A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency under current public procurement regulations using regulation 32(2)(c) for the purpose of procuring a digital slide scanner in support of increased output and digital image analysis to produce quantitative instead of qualitative only pathological analysis and rapid access for short through-put reporting which is necessary for the current COVID-19 studies.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001907-2021 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Jan 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Sep 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £150,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND |
| Locality | SALISBURY |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode | SP2 0QT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK72 Wiltshire |
| Local authority | Wiltshire |
| Electoral ward | Till Valley |
| Westminster constituency | East Wiltshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 33124110 - Diagnostic systems
- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

## Release History

- 29 Jan 2021 at 22:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001907-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england

## Provenance

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