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Pathology Service Joint Venture

Buyer: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust →

BuyerThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published12 May 2025

What is being bought

The Trust has worked with a commercial partner in a joint venture (JV) arrangement to deliver a comprehensive pathology service for the last 10 years. Building on this knowledge and experience, the Trust was looking for a new partner that matches its ambitions.<br/>The initial term of the pathology service JVwill be for a period of fifteen (15) years with an option to extend by up to five (5) years.<br/>The Trust was looking for a partner that will;<br/>• Provide an exceptional, high-quality service that meets the specialist needs of a<br/>comprehensive cancer centre;<br/>• Provide investment for the provision of world class infrastructure;<br/>• Embrace the exciting opportunities presented with the co-location of a world leading<br/>oncology research centre; and<br/>• Provide expert guidance along with the creativity and drive to deliver a modern, thriving,<br/>truly exceptional pathology service for patients.

Delivery location

UKD3

Categories

Hospital and related services 85110000Blood analysis services 85111810Pathology services 85111800

Lot details

Lot 1

The current pathology service provides routine and specialist pathology services with c100 dedicated staff on The Christie Hospital site. The service includes translational biomarker development and supports the Trust’s ambitious Research and Innovation (R&I) programme and clinical trials portfolio.<br/><br/>Demand for testing is increasing year on year reflecting the Trust’s oncology case load. The Trust sought a JV pathology partner who is able to deliver the Trust’s strategic ambitions, including accommodation of projected testing growth demand and flexible options for the development of facilities, estate, technology, and changes in clinical pathways.<br/><br/>Vision<br/>To provide a world leading comprehensive pathology service that supports timely and highquality<br/>delivery of patient care - regionally and nationally - and develops an internationally recognised workforce who, with academic and industry partners, deliver a pioneering<br/>programme of research and innovation.<br/><br/>Principles/Objectives<br/>The Future Pathology Service should reflect the following principles/objectives:<br/><br/>• Safe, effective, and responsive to the diversity of patient and clinical needs and offers the specialist and integrated pathology services needed to support a regional tertiary cancer centre.<br/>• Delivery of a sustainable future pathology workforce<br/>• alignment with the Trust’s Vision and Values and the objectives of Greater Manchester Cancer.<br/>• Commitment to working as part of Greater Manchester ICS in the delivery of the Core20PLUS5 programme to support the reduction of health inequalities at both national and system level.<br/>• Enabled by a strong digital infrastructure and capability. Adopting digital opportunity and technology advances to deliver more efficient and scalable pathology services.<br/>• A service model that considers The Trust’s local, regional national and international partnerships, including engagement with the Greater Manchester Pathology Network to<br/>explore opportunities to support system requirements.<br/>• Delivered through a partnership that has a strategy for profitable growth through expanding test repertoire and customer base.<br/>• Builds upon the Trust’s reputation as an international leader in research and innovation, which is further strengthened by being a partner in the Manchester Cancer Research Centre<br/>(MCRC) and Health Innovation Manchester.<br/>• A service with capital investment to provide best in class facilities.<br/>• A service that has education at its core.<br/><br/>The Future Operating Model for Pathology must include:<br/><br/>• An end-to-end comprehensive pathology service<br/>• Blood sciences including haematology, blood transfusion, clinical biochemistry and immunoassay<br/>• On-site essential services laboratory to support time critical and pathway critical services<br/>• Histopathology (including immunohistochemistry and receptor analysis)<br/>• Stem Cell Laboratory<br/>• Point-of-Care Testing<br/>• A future-proof design with activity growth in service expectation factored in – including expansion of on-site and off-site facilities to meet projected demand;<br/>• An agile approach that can respond to evolving technology and operational requirements and provide improvements to the Trust Pathology Estate;<br/>• Training, Development and Education, Research and Innovation<br/>• Positive workplace culture<br/>• IT infrastructure and digital enablement (including Digital Histopathology)<br/>• Best in class equipment and instrumentation

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Clinical / Operational — 13
Quality and Safety — 5
Implementation — 4.8
Future-proofing — 4.8
Research & Innovation — 4.2
Workforce — 8
I&MT — 8
Strategy, Risk & Governance — 7.2
Social Value — 10
Legal — 5
price — 30

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Hospital and related services, Blood analysis servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Hospital and related services (85110000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8535,4211 median · 21 average (20,792 of 35,421 with a bid count)1.8 average (22,321 of 35,421 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD32741 median · 113.3 average (169 of 274 with a bid count)2.4 average (175 of 274 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

020567-2025-1

Statusactive
SupplierSYNLAB

Contracts

020567-2025-1

Statusactive
Value£200,000,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03a281
Latest release ID020567-2025
Latest release timestampMon May 12 2025 14:18:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive dialogue
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 May 2025award, contract020567-2025
12 May 2025award, contract020560-2025
12 May 2025award, contract020542-2025
12 May 2025award, contract020539-2025
12 May 2025award, contract020538-2025
26 Oct 2023tender031674-2023
6 Feb 2023tenderUpdate003612-2023
2 Feb 2023planning003320-2023

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (8 releases)
12 May 2025 · 020567-2025 · award, contract
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12 May 2025 · 020560-2025 · award, contract
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12 May 2025 · 020542-2025 · award, contract
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12 May 2025 · 020539-2025 · award, contract
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12 May 2025 · 020538-2025 · award, contract
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26 Oct 2023 · 031674-2023 · tender
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6 Feb 2023 · 003612-2023 · tenderUpdate
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2 Feb 2023 · 003320-2023 · planning
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  "date": "2023-02-02T16:22:57Z",
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        "description": "Vision\nTo provide a world leading comprehensive pathology service that supports timely and high-quality delivery of patient care - regionally and nationally - and develops an internationally recognised workforce who, with academic and industry partners, deliver a pioneering programme of research and innovation.\nPrinciples/Objectives\nThe new Christie pathology service(s) should include the following:\n•\t   Create an advanced integrated cancer diagnosis and research pathology facility that draws on the excellence of its partners in advancing the latest techniques for both research and service\n•\t   Be leaders in academic oncology pathology and research with close academic relationships with the CRUK, NIHR, Paterson Biomarker Centre and the MCRC (University of Manchester).\n•\t   Create/attract sufficient funding to deliver new/refurbished facilities recognising the limitations of the current estate places on the ability of Blood Science and Histopathology to expand or improve services;\n•\t   Maintain turn-around times (TAT) and other basic service requirements for Blood Sciences and therefore to retain these services on-site;\n•\t   Supports appropriate Histopathology facilities and expertise on site with both current surgical activity and future ambitions, and ensure that our world-leading oncology Histopathology expertise is not diluted;\n•\tWhere possible and appropriate, engage in the further consolidation of pathology services across GM;\n•\tExploit digital networking solutions and maximise digital technologies in the pursuit of high quality, innovative, efficient services which reduce variability of performance across the region;\n•\tExpand pathology services into the private healthcare sector;\n•\tEnsure a highly skilled and motivated workforce across all departments, with a clear education programme for continual learning and knowledge sharing;\n•\tAny proposed investment or collaboration with a commercial partner and consequent development of commercial opportunities should ultimately have a positive financial impact on the Christie and improve the Trust’s ongoing financial sustainability\nBroad service level scope\nThe new partnership will need to provide the following:\n•\tA Blood Sciences Essential Services Laboratory (ESL) to achieve rapid turnaround time necessary for clinical pathways and patient flow, ideally on site to facilitate tight turnaround times, and;\n•\tCore Clinical Biochemistry, immunoassay and haematology testing within the ESL to be fully automated, enabling rapid turnaround of test results through pathology workflow efficiencies. Additional information: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is issuing this PIN to alert the market to a future competitive tender opportunity.\nThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust is utilising the ProContract procurement tendering portal for interested parties to express their interest.\nIt is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published on the Find Tender Service (FTS) and on Contracts Finder."
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    "description": "Pathology is an essential clinical service, vital to the delivery of efficient and effective healthcare by preventing, diagnosing, treating and monitoring diseases to keep people as healthy as possible.\nBuilding on its knowledge and experience, and with the current Joint Venture contract coming to an end in 2024, The Christie is looking for a commercial partner who matches its ambitions; who can provide an exceptional, high-quality service that meets the specialist needs of a comprehensive cancer centre; who can provide investment for the provision of world class infrastructure; who will embrace the exciting opportunities presented with the co-location of a world leading oncology research centre and; who will provide expert guidance along with the creativity and drive to deliver a modern, thriving,  truly exceptional pathology service for our patients.",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2023-05-01T00:00:00+01:00"
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        "postalCode": "M20 4BX",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
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