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Automated Slide Preparation System

Laboratory
optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
North West (UKD)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST: "Automated Slide Preparation System". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
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Published history for MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.1Bids / Report
92.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Olympus Keymed Group LimitedTop vendor: 86.6% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 174 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Olympus Keymed Group Limited1 win£88,625
MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST1 win£13,737
Bolton NHS Foundation trust1 win£22
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published14 Feb 2025, 14:39 GMT
Last source update14 Feb 2025, 14:39 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04e1f9
What is being bought
Provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    14 Feb 2025, 14:39 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    14 Feb 2025, 14:39 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    14 Feb 2025, 14:39 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    14 Feb 2025, 14:39 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 13 Feb 2025, 00:00 GMT · £420,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Axlab
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£420,000 · signed 13 Feb 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Contracting authority GB-NHS-RBN
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  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
    buyer

    GB-NHS: RBN
    Warrington Rd, Rainhill, Prescot, UKD71, L355DR
    christina.fletcher@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
    +44 1516765200

  • AxLab Ltd
    supplier

    GB-COH: 14471643
    112c High Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, UKJ, IP7 5EL

  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
    reviewBody

    Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, L35 5DR
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Trust intends to enter into a contract with Axlab Ltd for the provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis. The Trust believes there are no other suppliers able to offer this specialist equipment, the provision of which is unique and exclusive to Axlab Ltd, as the supplier of the equipment.