--- title: "Managed Equipment Service for Sexual Health Testing" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0468d9" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0468d9" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0468d9.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0468d9.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2024-05-20" --- # Managed Equipment Service for Sexual Health Testing Buyer: CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0468d9 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0468d9) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0468d9.json) ## Summary The Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a managed service partner to implement near-patient Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (CT/NG) PCR testing in Central/North-West London. The procurement process is currently in the tender stage with a submission deadline of June 14, 2024. The contract value is £15,000,000 GBP, and the contract period will run from January 1, 2025, to May 27, 2034. The Trust aims to consolidate CT/NG testing services across four sites, including 10 Hammersmith Broadway Clinic, John Hunter Clinic, 34 Dean Street, and Sexual Health Hounslow. This tender presents an opportunity for service providers in the healthcare industry to offer cost-effective and efficient testing solutions to Chelsea & Westminster NHS FT. Businesses specialising in healthcare services, medical equipment, software solutions, and laboratory operations are well-suited to compete. The procurement method is selective, and the Trust is looking for suppliers who can provide a comprehensive long-term testing solution over ten years, with potential for equipment refresh after five years. Suppliers must demonstrate the capacity to handle testing at multiple sites and meet the trust's quality and efficiency requirements. ## Notice Chelsea & Westminster NHS FT (CWFT) is seeking a managed service partner in the implementation of near-patient Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (CT/NG) PCR testing and/or upgrading of existing CT/NG systems at their sexual health screening locations in Central/North-West London, to process approximately 260,000 CT/NG PCR tests per annum. The objective will be to have one supplier that can provide the most cost-effective solutions for each of CWFT's four sexual health clinics, whilst being able to process the volumes required, and complying with the pre-requisites as defined in this document. To ensure one complete service solution, Suppliers might have to make use of third-party suppliers for tests, hardware and/or software that cannot be provided in-house. However, support for all hardware, software and materials will rest with the Supplier and CW will not enter any contracts with any third-party supplier. By consolidating the CW sexual health CT/NG testing services across the four sites with a single supplier, CW is seeking to provide a more cost-effective and joined up testing service, while maintaining and exceeding the current levels of service and quality, in order to provide a first-class service to their clients. The target Turnaround Time (TAT) is for tests to be predictable, measured as 80% within target time, turnaround time. It can be assumed that this time excludes receipt and registration but must include all sample tracking, preparation, batching, equipment run-time, validation and result transmission via the agreed interface to the clinic management system. The TAT target should allow for any breakdowns as well as planned and unplanned service costs. There must be sufficient redundancy in the system to accommodate this. Suppliers must specify the workforce that will be required to safely operate the proposed system. This will factor into the financial evaluation and, will also be a consideration when setting the KPIs. Staff activities that should be allowed for must include all throughput and non-throughput related activities directly related to testing, including sample processing, materials management, equipment operation and maintenance, quality control activities and waste management. For costing purposes, supplier should specify FTEs to staff any proposed testing site, as per the operating hours outlined in the tender documentation. The requirement is for testing to be available at any of the four main sites across Central London with transport of samples from community clinics to one of the four main clinic sites. Suppliers should clearly state the total installed capacity that is available and the percentage of this capacity that will be available in case of critical failures of at least one instrument. The Trust has a strong preference for work to be performed within the confines of the clinic and no space has been allocated for laboratory testing operations outside of the current clinic footprint. The available space per site is set in the tender documentation and should there be a need to expand beyond this space, or any further enabling works, this will be accounted for in the financial evaluation. The four sites in scope are: - 10 Hammersmith Broadway Clinic - John Hunter Clinic for Sexual Health - 34 Dean Street - Sexual Health Hounslow ### Lot Information Lot 1 Akin to Restricted procedure under the Light touch Regime Renewal: Chelsea & Westminster is seeking a comprehensive long-term solution for CT/NG PCR testing services over a period of ten (10) years with the option for equipment refresh after five (5) years. Optional extension for an additional five (5) years may be discussed. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015833-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 20 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | 14 Jun 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jan 2025 - 27 May 2034 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £15,000,000 | | Lots value | £15,000,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW10 0XD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | | Local authority | Hammersmith and Fulham | | Electoral ward | Sands End | | Westminster constituency | Chelsea and Fulham | | Delivery location | TLI32 Westminster | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85323000 - Community health services ## Release History - 20 May 2024 at 10:59 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015833-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk - https://www.england.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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