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# Managed Pathology / Equipment Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-pathology-equipment-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0368f4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: "Managed Pathology / Equipment Service". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.lifecycle.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/chelsea-and-westminster-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rqm)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 September 2022 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI32, UKI33
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-pathology-equipment-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0368f4#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0368f4`

## 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-pathology-equipment-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0368f4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [lifecycle.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifecycle.co.uk%2Ftenders.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-pathology-equipment-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0368f4#participate

## Description
Chelsea & Westminster NHS FT (CW) is seeking a managed equipment service (MES) that will provide, as a minimum, the necessary equipment, materials, servicing and maintenance as well as software to allow CW to process approximately 455,000 Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (CT/NG) PCR tests per annum, across four sites. The Trust is seeking a solution that will provide the best balance of performance (in terms of turnaround time), quality, reliability, ease of use, space utilisation and cost efficiency. Consequently, suppliers can propose single or multi-site solutions but must take account of the full requirements when submitting their proposals. Lifecycle Management Group has been appointed to support CW with this exercise.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** CW is seeking to purchase a managed equipment service (MES) that will provide, as a minimum, the necessary equipment, materials, servicing and maintenance as well as software to allow CW to process approximately 455,000 CT/NG PCR tests per annum, acr...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026001-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-16T08:56:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T14:56:36.689Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0368f4