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Managed Service Microbiology Test Kits

Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment
Scotland (UKM75)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service: "Managed Service Microbiology Test Kits". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityScottish National Blood Transfusion ServiceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. 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: 2 active published awards; 2 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityScottish National Blood Transfusion Service
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
Published17 Oct 2024, 09:05 BST
Last source update17 Oct 2024, 09:05 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationRepair and maintenance services of medical equipment
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-049c83
What is being bought
The Authority requires a fully integrated microbiology testing system including all the mandatory and discretionary microbiology testing within a managed service. This includes the assays, instrumentation and data management software to deliver a final result to the Authority’s information management system(s).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    17 Oct 2024, 09:05 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    20 Sept 2024, 10:45 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    20 Sept 2024, 10:45 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    20 Sept 2024, 10:45 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    SNBTS collects approximately 160,000 blood and tissue donations each year, these are tested at the Jack Copland Centre in Edinburgh within the Manufacturing Department of SNBTS. The Manufacturing Department performs a wide range of testing services; these include the large-scale serological screening of blood and tissue donations for microbiological markers such as HBsAg, HCV, HIV and Syphilis. Discretionary testing of HTLV, HBc and CMV. There is also a requirement for smaller scale screening for malaria antibodies on selected donations.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Oct 2024, 09:05 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 20 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · £283,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Abbott
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£283,000 · signed 20 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

Contracting authority GB-FTS-95458
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  • Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
    buyer

    52 Research Avenue, Edinburgh, UKM, EH14 4BE
    gordon.dickson@nhs.scot
    +44 1313145522

  • Abbott
    supplier

    Abbott House, Vanwall Business Park, Vanwall Road, UK, SL6 4XE
    +44 353874060184

  • Court of Session
    reviewBody

    Parliament House, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RQ
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleA project to replace the current contract is currently underway however due to the time that it takes to conduct a procurement exercise, delays have been encountered and have meant that a short extension is required to ensure continuity of testing. This extension will be for a 4 month period.