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title: "Managed Service solution for Pathology Blood Sciences"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04c1a7"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST"
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# Managed Service solution for Pathology Blood Sciences

Buyer: BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04c1a7

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## Summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is the buying organisation seeking a Managed Service solution for Pathology Blood Sciences. Categorised under pathology services in the healthcare sector and located in Romford, UKI, the procurement process is currently at the award stage. The key date of note is the contract signing date on 3rd August 2017, with the recent decision made on 2nd December 2024 to extend the contract. The procurement method used is a limited negotiation without publication of a contract notice, due to the repetition of existing services conforming to Public Contracts Regulations 2015, section 72. (1) (a). The extension is in line with NHS England's plans and the North East London regional vision and involves comprehensive blood sciences services, ensuring diagnostic accuracy and operational efficiency.

This contract extension presents significant business growth opportunities for suppliers specialising in pathology services, especially those experienced in providing integrated solutions involving equipment, maintenance, and just-in-time consumables. Businesses focusing on diagnostics and operational efficiency in healthcare would find this an ideal opportunity, as the partnership involves high-performance indicators and potential further extensions of up to seven years. The involvement of multiple healthcare boards, including Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, indicates room for broader partnerships and collaborative efforts for a networked solution, which can foster innovation and long-term business prospects in the healthcare sector.

## Notice

Managed Service solution for Pathology Blood Sciences

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A service-solution to provide equipment, just-in-time consumables, service and maintenance and best practice operational efficiency directions to deliver required test outcomes as agreed in key performance indicators. The contract will cover haematology, biochemistry, immunoassay and coagulation analysers with associated sample processing. Additional information: Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust currently has a 7+7 year contract with Sysmex UK Ltd for Pathology Blood Sciences Services that commenced on 1st of January 2019 (7 years from when the last laboratory equipment was installed). The contract affords a unilateral discretion for the Trust to enter in to a further 7 year term which was provided for in the original procurement. The Trust is waiving its right to exercise a unilateral clause within the contract and instead enter in to a bi-lateral agreement to extend the contract for a maximum of 7 years but on the basis of an initial 3 year extension with a break clause allowing for a maximum of 4 further annual extensions ( To a maximum 7 year extension).The contract extension will encompass the continued provision of comprehensive blood sciences services and complies with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, section 72. (1) (a).

This extension is critical to supporting pathways, ensuring diagnostic accuracy and achieving the NHS England Plan and the North East London regional vision for Pathology.

This extension allows flexibility and strategic alignment should Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) and other Pathology providers within North East London decide to transition to a formal networked solution of joint consolidation and transformation.

At present BHRUT Pathology are not formally part of a Pathology networked solution, although the Boards of BHRUT, Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and North East London Integrated Care Board (NEL ICB) have approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to agree closer working between the East and South East London Pathology Partnership (ESEL) and BHRUT.

Options: This is not a new contract opportunity, but rather a VEAT notice to inform the market that the contracting authority - BHRUT is seeking to extend the existing contract for the provision of Managed services for blood sciences which was originally awarded in August 2017.

### Procurement Information

This is not a new contract opportunity, but rather a VEAT notice to inform the market that the contracting authority - BHRUT is seeking to extend the existing contract for the provision of Managed services for blood sciences which was originally awarded in August 2017.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038827-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Dec 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Aug 2017 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £30,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST |
| Locality | ROMFORD |
| Post town | Romford |
| Postcode | RM7 0AG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East |
| ITL 3 | TLI52 Barking & Dagenham and Havering |
| Local authority | Havering |
| Electoral ward | Rush Green & Crowlands |
| Westminster constituency | Romford |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SYSMEX |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85111800 - Pathology services

## Release History

- 2 Dec 2024 at 17:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038827-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.sysmex.co.uk
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:331506-2013:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk

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