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NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

EQA Material

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33696500
ValueValue not published
Deadline31 Mar 2025
Published21 Feb 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 21 Feb 2025ClosedCloses 31 Mar 2025
Who to contact
Charlie Webber
Charlie.Webber@wales.nhs.uk
+44 2921501500

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The brief

The Health Board seek to establish a contract for the supply of EQA Material for Weqas.

Weqas is a National External Quality Assessment provider which monitors the analytical performance of diagnostic laboratories in the UK, Ireland and overseas.

Weqas is one of the leading External Quality Assessment (EQA) providers with over 50 years experience in Quality Assurance, providing solutions in Laboratory Medicine.

Weqas is accredited to ISO 17043: Conformity Assessment - General Requirements for Proficiency Testing (4301).

The Reference Laboratory is accredited to standard ISO 15195 Laboratory Medicine - Requirements for Reference Measurement Laboratories and ISO 17025-General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

Weqas is a semi autonomous, non profit making organisation hosted by Cardiff and Vale uHB (legal entity).

Weqas is its own independent Clinical Board within Cardiff and Vale uHB.

This contract is for Weqas who require External Quality Assessment [EQA] Material for undertaking global quality assessment programmes for Blood Gas, Co-oximetry, pO2 accuracy, Blood Gas with Haematocrit ,PoCT Hb and Hb variants.

Weqas has a manufacturing facility which manufactures EQA and IQC (Internal Quality Control) material, and therefore, manufactures the majority of products in house, however, some specialized products need to be sourced from a third party supplier.

The product specification will detail the material required to be supplied from this external source for Quality Assurance testing.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Weqas is one of the leading External

Weqas is one of the leading External Quality Assessment (EQA) providers with over 50 years experience in Quality Assurance, providing solutions in Laboratory Medicine.

02

Weqas has a manufacturing facility which manufactures

Weqas has a manufacturing facility which manufactures EQA and IQC (Internal Quality Control) material, and therefore, manufactures the majority of products in house, however, some specialized products need to be sourced from a third party supplier.

03

The product specification will detail the material

The product specification will detail the material required to be supplied from this external source for Quality Assurance testing.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ISO 17025 (testing & calibration laboratories)says mustStandards you certify to
The Reference Laboratory is accredited to standard ISO 15195 Laboratory Medicine - Requirements for Reference Measurement Laboratories and ISO 17025-General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

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Stage
tender · Open
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