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Published 6 Aug 2024, 16:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Clinical Microbiology Managed Service Contract

Official notice

Authority: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£9,000,000≈ £1.3m / year
Submissions closed 16 Sept 2024
Contract term 7 yrsends 29 Feb 2032 · starts 1 Mar 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of a Clinical Microbiology Managed Service Contract.

CPV: Microbiological cultures

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Provision of a Clinical Microbiology Managed Service Contract 7 yrsPublished value£9,000,000

Provision of a Clinical Microbiology Managed Service Contract. <br/><br/>The service will cover UHB Bacteriology services (including the provision of ready poured media) and elements of Virology testing, including some rapid PCR screening and Molecular Viral Load testing.

Contract period: 1 Mar 2025 – 29 Feb 2032 (7 yrs)
Delivery: West Midlands
Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Aug 2024, 16:01 BST
Last source update
6 Aug 2024, 16:01 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Sept 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024717
Classification (CPV)
Microbiological cultures
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048828 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Sept 2024, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Aug 2024 → 1 Mar 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    6 Aug 2024, 16:01 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    16 Sept 2024, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Mar 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2WBContact email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.