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title: "Managed Laboratory Services (MLS"
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# Managed Laboratory Services (MLS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-laboratory-services-mls-ocds-h6vhtk-02af35). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: "Managed Laboratory Services (MLS". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kettering-general-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rnq)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,843,302 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02af35`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-laboratory-services-mls-ocds-h6vhtk-02af35#tl-md)

## Description
Supply, delivery, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance of pathology analysers and associated consumables
The procurement falls outside of the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation:
The ME2 network is currently working together with the intention of awarding a network wide contract to replace the existing contract. Due to COVID restrictions this has delayed the process. The existing contract is to be extended for 24 months until 14.07.2023 (With termination for convenience after 12 months giving 6 months notice)
The ME2 network will be carrying out a procurement (route yet to be determined) on behalf of the network (us, NGH, Derby, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Path Link, UHL to name a few) and therefore we need to extend our contract to align with the finalisation of this new procurement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 71900000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** Supply, delivery, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance of pathology analysers and associated consumables
The procurement falls outside of the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation:
The ME2 network is currently working togethe...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 010180-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Roche Diagnostics**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-120929`
  - Value: £3,843,302 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 010180-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,843,302
  - Signed Date: 06/05/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010180-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-10T17:24:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:35:59.994Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02af35