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LOCALA Community Partnerships CIC

Diagnostics - Pathology Testing Sexual Health

HealthcareCPV 85111800
Value£5.0m
Deadline
Published5 May 2023
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Katy Cooney
katy.cooney@locala.org.uk

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£5.0mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

Locala Community Partnerships CIC (Locala) is an independent Community Interest Company providing NHS community services across Kirklees, Bradford, Calderdale and Manchester.<br/>We require a provider of diagnostic laboratory services to support in the delivery of a high quality, efficient and effective Sexual Health service covering the Kirklees, Bradford and Manchester.<br/>The Service Provider will be required to collect samples in suitable containment and transport by quickest means possible <br/>The laboratory should be United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS) accredited and have evidence of External Quality Assessment (EQA), Internal Quality Control (IQC) and Internal Quality Assurance (IQA).<br/>We anticipate this contract to be for 5 years with options to extend.

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Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

We require a provider of diagnostic laboratory

We require a provider of diagnostic laboratory services to support in the delivery of a high quality, efficient and effective Sexual Health service covering the Kirklees, Bradford and Manchester.

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1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

UKAS accreditationCertification & assessment schemes
…quired to collect samples in suitable containment and transport by quickest means possible <br/>The laboratory should be United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS) accredited and have evidence of External Quality Assessment (EQA), Internal Quality Control (IQC) and Internal Quality Assurance (IQA).<br/>We anticipate…

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c6fd
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
013044-2023
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