Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Wessex NHS Procurement Limited
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
Contact
Deborah Parin Steve Jerrim
Telephone
+44 7799316082
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
National registration number
11986173
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)
Aldermaston Road
Basingstoke
RG24 9NA
Contact
Debbie Parin
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust
Southwick Hill Road, Cosham
Portsmouth
PO6 3LY
Contact
Debbie Parin
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Odstock Road
Salisbury
SP2 8BJ
Contact
Debbie Parin
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Parkhurst Road
Newport
PO30 5TG
Contact
Debbie Parin
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road
Poole
BH15 2JB
Contact
Debbie Parin
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset County Hospital, Williams Avenue
Dorchester
DT1 2JY
Contact
Debbie Parin
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Pre-notice of a tender for a Managed Service Contract (MSC) for Molecular Diagnostics and future sub-categories of Microbiology
Reference number
WPL01657
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85111800 - Pathology services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This Notice is to inform potential bidders that Wessex NHS Procurement Limited (WPL) will be advertising a tender opportunity in June 2022 for the provision of a Managed Service Contract (MSC) for Molecular Diagnostics on behalf of the Southern Counties Pathology Network (SCP). WPL will require potential bidders to have the capability and capacity to undertake compliant procurement responsibility for both mini competitions and tenders that adhere to Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) (and/or the latest Procurement legislation applicable throughout the duration of the contract). These to include future sub-categories of Microbiology as managed service contracts, to be included within the main managed service contract, on behalf of SCP.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £118,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
Main site or place of performance
SOUTH EAST (ENGLAND)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Southern Counties Pathology (SCP) is a procurement consortium of NHS and Foundation Trusts that forms the NHS Improvement South 6 Pathology Network: SCP consists of:
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust comprise One Dorset Pathology
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (Not participating in this tender)
SCP is a procurement collaboration which aims to deliver the procurement objectives of the South 6 Pathology Network which are:
To enable the future formation of a consolidated pathology network over the next ten years by standardising our suppliers and the equipment they supply to us, to deliver our high-volume routine pathology activity and to achieve cost savings by reducing non-pay spend on our high-volume routine pathology activity. There has been expansion of molecular techniques within the diagnostic laboratory environment at all partner trusts within the SCP network in recent years. Drivers for change include:
Continual growth in the number of different molecular assays being performed
Clinical requirements for greater molecular testing
A need for improvement in turnaround times
Better management of the increasing number of different platforms, suppliers and contracts
A dramatic shift in the requirement for rapid and largescale testing of respiratory viruses
The primary goals considered when developing the scope of this requirement are:
Distribute molecular services based on clinical need and urgency
Where possible, rationalise non urgent work at fewer sites
Repatriate currently referred work into the SCP network where cost effective
Consider the design of future services where COVID testing regimes can be flexed to respond to UKHSA/Government directives
A regional molecular service which can respond rapidly
Access to the latest technology
Integration and interfacing to support the development of Pathology network operations
Respiratory virus testing including covid and development of the future service delivery model.
SCP will utilise the award of a new regional managed service contract (MSC) as an opportunity to support the development of regional respiratory virus testing. This will provide flexibility as further guidance and policy is defined
Contract value
The estimated value of this MSC for Molecular Diagnostics is £36,000,000. The estimated value of all sub-categories of Microbiology, including Molecular Diagnostics is £118,000,000. Any future contracts awarded will complete co-terminus with the overarching Pathology contract within the SCP network on 19th July 2031.
WPL is running the procurement for a managed service contract for molecular diagnostics on behalf of SCP. WPL is a newly formed joint venture subsidiary of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This PIN is to inform the market that a contract notice will be published during June 2022 providing further information regarding this opportunity. This Tender will be run as a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation however the contracting authority reserves the right to award a contract based on initial tenders without conducting negotiations. Potential bidders will be invited to complete a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) Stage 1 that will be evaluated and scored and only the top 3 scoring potential bidders will proceed to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage 2. If a potential bidder has an equal score within the Top 3 then they also proceed to the ITT Stage 2. Potential bidders who fail to achieve a Top 3 score will not be invited to the ITT Stage 2 and will leave the procurement process at Stage 1. This PIN is for information only and we are unable to respond for further requests for information
two.2.14) Additional information
Additional sub-categories may include but is not limited to: Blood culture diagnostics, Procurement of culture media (conventional & chromogenic), Urine analysis (microscopy & culture), Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, Microbial identification systems, Automation for microbial culture Mycobacterial diagnosis. Further information will be provided in the Contract Notice
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
27 June 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=684732166
GO Reference: GO-2022517-PRO-20149200