SYB Pathology MSC

The scope of the Services for the Managed Service includes the provision and maintenance of all pathology equipment and their associated IT, interfaces, and licences as well as the provision of all associated consumables; reagents, collection devices, test kits, quality control/calibration material essential for the delivery of the activity, as well as the transferring of existing assets and contracts and scope of services covered under this tender.

In addition to this, the MSC provider will be responsible for the end-to-end management and delivery of the Supply Chain incorporating all products and the execution of a full Inventory Management System.

Specialisms within scope of this procurement exercise as as follows; Managed Service Requirements Pre & Post Analytics Clinical Biochemistry & Viral Serology Haematology Coagulation Blood Transfusion Blood Cultures IT, Interfacing and Data Management The Authority is using the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended EU Exit (2020) etc.) to identify and define a solution which best addresses the Authority's requirements, as described within this suite of procurement documents.

The potential maximum aggregate value of the contract as advertised in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) is £500m.

This is inclusive of all Phases and In Scope Services but also considers any potential modifications which may be made to this Contract throughout its life.

As such, this is not a guaranteed value.

However, for the purposes of this procurement, the maximum price is £12.4m, a total value of the 15-year contract is £186m.

Prices submitted for year 1 of the contract will be adjusted by the inflationary uplift only throughout the life of the contract.

Bids submitted which exceed the maximum price will be considered as unaffordable and will be rejected.

The deadline for submitting a response to the Selection Questionnaire is 19th June 2024 at 12noon.