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Contract for the provision of pathology diagnostic testing and reporting

Pathology services
South East (UKJ32)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: "Contract for the provision of pathology diagnostic testing and reporting". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityGreat Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation 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
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 7 active published awards; 3 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityGreat Western Hospitals NHS Foundation 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
Published27 Feb 2023, 16:32 GMT
Last source update27 Feb 2023, 16:32 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPathology services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ32)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03ac95
What is being bought
A contract for the provision of pathology diagnostic testing and reporting services for a period of one year, with an option to extend for a further period of one year.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Feb 2023, 16:32 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    27 Feb 2023, 16:32 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    27 Feb 2023, 16:32 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    A direct award to UHS for the supply of pathology diagnostic testing and reporting services
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    27 Feb 2023, 16:32 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 26 Feb 2023, 00:00 GMT · £1,320,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,320,000 · signed 26 Feb 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authority GB-FTS-161
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  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    buyer

    Marlborough Road, Swindon, UKK14, SN3 6BB
    Debbie.parin@nhs.net

  • Salisbury Managed Procurement Services
    reviewBody
    reviewContactPoint

    Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
    supplier

    Trust Management Offices, Mailpoint 18, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, Southampton, UK, SO16 6YD
    +44 2380777222
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleGreat Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GWH) intends to award a contract under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii), to University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) in respect of pathology referral testing and reporting, for a period of one year, with an option to extend for a further period of one year. This to maintain a continuation of service delivery, until the requirement is transitioned into the South 4 Pathology Partnership Trust (S4PP) network. This will be undertaken on completion of the network’s LIMs IT integration project, which has experienced delay during implementation but is now scheduled to “GoLive” in April 2024. UHS is the incumbent supplier and the new contract, whilst transition to S4PP is ongoing, will ensure that the current service is maintained until the described period of transition is complete, without potential risk to patient care and accumulating both cost and resource pressures. To engage another supplier for a temporary arrangement of this nature may result in the following:<br/>• A detrimental effect on patient care. Laboratory users in GWH will lose the continuity of analysis of tests being performed by the same laboratory. A shift in reference ranges (depending on the analytical platform used) may result in laboratory users having to allow for a change in analytical references when interpreting results, adding a layer of variation and complication in a series of their patient results.<br/>• IT system set-up. GWH relies on NPEX to send samples and receive reports back electronically. A temporary connection would need to be established with a new provider, resulting in the need for both IT and laboratory additional resource and subsequent cost. If manual (typed) reporting is required during set-up, additional staff will need to be recruited while an IT connection is established.<br/>• Documents within the laboratory will need to be re-written to incorporate a new supplier, which will require additional resource.<br/>• Packaging and transport will need reviewing and changing to accommodate any new supplier. This will result in additional resource to conduct the review and potentially additional cost to purchase suitable packaging.<br/>• Turnaround times (TATs) may vary while a new supplier is established. UHS TATs to GWH are both established and consistent, and users use this information to arrange subsequent clinics and consultations accordingly.<br/>• As a result of a review of the elements outlined above, GWH considers that for technical reasons described above, awarding UHS is the only reasonable solution to as it mitigates the risk of a detrimental effect on the service and an accumulation of preventable cost and resource pressures.<br/>GWH will observe a 10 day standstill period from the date of this notice before entering into a contract with UHS.