Agreement for the Supply of a Microbiology Managed Service Contract for South Midlands Pathology.

South Midlands Pathology Network are seeking a partner to implement a Microbiology Managed Service Contract (“MSC”) that will include the provision of maintenance and replacement of pathology equipment, associated connectivity and the supply of consumables, associated items, chemicals and reagents. The award will be to one supplier and for three individual contracts, the Contracting Authorities will be; University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (on behalf of Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology Services (“CWPS”)), Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, and Wye Valley NHS Trust respectively.

CWPS includes the following Trusts:

• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
• George Eliot NHS Trust
• South Warwickshire University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The scope of this MSC includes, but is not limited to, sample receipt, pre-analytical systems, routine microbiology sampling, blood culture, serology, urinalysis and post-analytical systems.

The annual spend through the Agreement is estimated to be £50,000,000.00 for the initial Term of the contract. This may increase by a further £102,000,000.00 in the extended period.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT

INFORMATION This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk ↗. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected]. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register ↗ and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at [email protected]. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.