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HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust ("UHCW")

Pathology Referral Testing and Pathology Reporting Services

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85100000 85110000 85111000
ValueValue not published
Awarded18 Jan 2018
Published20 Dec 2017
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

The brief

HealthTrust Europe (HTE) is seeking to establish a framework agreement for the provision of Pathology Referral Laboratory Testing and Histopathology Reporting Services.

The Services will include sample collection, test requesting, transportation, testing and electronic reporting for a comprehensive range of routine and esoteric tests and histopathology samples.

The Service Provider, and all sub-contractors, must operate in line with all appropriate guidelines and accreditations, including ISO 15189.

The service must be available to NHS bodies and other Participating Authorities across the United Kingdom.

The framework agreement will be split into the following Lots: Lot 1 - Routine and Esoteric Pathology Testing Lot 2 - Genetic and Genomic Tests Lot 3 - Toxicology Testing Lot 4 - Cytology Screening and Testing Lot 5 - Histopathology Reporting

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Service Provider, and all sub-contractors, must

The Service Provider, and all sub-contractors, must operate in line with all appropriate guidelines and accreditations, including ISO 15189.

02

The service must be available to NHS

The service must be available to NHS bodies and other Participating Authorities across the United Kingdom.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

ISO 15189 (medical laboratories)says mustStandards you certify to
The Service Provider, and all sub-contractors, must operate in line with all appropriate guidelines and accreditations, including ISO 15189.
Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
HealthTrust Europe (HTE) is seeking to establish a framework agreement for the provision of Pathology Referral Laboratory Testing and Histopathology Reporting Services.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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