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title: "Mid South Essex NHS Foundation Trust  - Outsourced Pathology"
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# Mid South Essex NHS Foundation Trust  - Outsourced Pathology

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mid-south-essex-nhs-foundation-trust-outsourced-pathology-ocds-h6vhtk-03beca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** MSE Group: "Mid South Essex NHS Foundation Trust  - Outsourced Pathology". Published status: active. Published Value: £935,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [MSE Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mse-group-GB-FTS-15)
- **Published Value:** £935,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 August 2023 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive dialogue
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory services, Medical equipments, Pathology services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mid-south-essex-nhs-foundation-trust-outsourced-pathology-ocds-h6vhtk-03beca#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03beca`

## 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/mid-south-essex-nhs-foundation-trust-outsourced-pathology-ocds-h6vhtk-03beca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mid-south-essex-nhs-foundation-trust-outsourced-pathology-ocds-h6vhtk-03beca#participate

## Description
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust ("MSE") plans to set up a strategic partnership for an outsourced pathology service. This will likely involve multiple contracts that help maintain our analytical services and lab facilities.
This contract aims to merge our in-house and outsourced services into a single, efficient system across the Trust. The goal is to improve our pathology service's overall delivery and operations, supporting the best possible patient care.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33100000, 71900000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £36,000,000
- **Description:** The required pathology disciplines encapsulates blood sciences, microbiology and infectious sciences, and cellular pathology. This robust service offering is expected to deliver approximately 21 million tests per annum. Advanced testing capabilities ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021194-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-21T17:47:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T05:25:10.600Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03beca