Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Whielden Street
Amersham
HP7 0JD
Contact
Mike Mann
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ13 - Buckinghamshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Extension to current provision of a managed laboratory service for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Reference number
C288129
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71900000 - Laboratory services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Main site or place of performance
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
This notice relates to an extension of the current managed laboratory service to Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, during the term of which the Trust will procure a replacement contract. The current service includes biochemistry, immunology, haematology, microbiology, virology, genetics, and pathology.
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Start date
30 June 2015
End date
31 May 2024
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2012/S 064-104454
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
C172987
Title
Provision of a managed laboratory service for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
6 June 2014
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Abbott Laboratories Limited
Abbott House, Vanwall Road Vanwall Business Park Maidenhead
Maidenhead
SL6 4XE
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK - South West (England)
National registration number
00329102
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £9,131,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This contract extension relates to the provision of a Pathology MES contract to Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (the “Trust”). This was a contract awarded from a joint procurement process with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2012, detailed in FTS/OJ: 2012/S 064-104454. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust are part of the South 4 Pathology Network which includes Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As set out above, the South 4 Pathology Network is planning for a procurement process for a Pathology MES Contract across the network. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has been leading premarket engagement with interested suppliers and the planned network procurement was first detailed in the PIN notice reference: 2022/S 000-012490 of the 13th May 2022. An update to the PIN will be released in September 2024 to provide additional details and trigger further pre market engagement. It is anticipated that the formal procurement process will involve dialogue and will be conducted as a competitive flexible procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. It is anticipated that this procurement process will formally commence with a tender notice in Spring 2025. The extension period for the Trusts’ current Pathology MES contract will avoid duplication of costs of redesign required when the South 4 Pathology Network implements the re-procured solution.
(Please note that due to timescales since original notice was published a new procurement system is being used the directive has had to be updated from 2004/18/EC to 2014/23/EU to allow this notice to be published as the new system does not recognise directive 2004/18/EC)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Whielden Street
Amersham
HP7 0JD
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Whielden Street
Amersham
HP7 0JD
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Whielden Street
Amersham
HP7 0JD
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 71900000 - Laboratory services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Main site or place of performance
Aylesbury
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
This notice relates to an extension of the current managed laboratory service to Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, during the term of which the Trust will procure a replacement contract. The current service includes biochemistry, immunology, haematology, microbiology, virology, genetics, and pathology.
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Start date
1 June 2024
End date
31 May 2029
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£28,507,952
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Abbott Laboratories Limited
Abbott House, Vanwall Road Vanwall Business Park Maidenhead
Maidenhead
SL6 4XE
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK - South West (England)
National registration number
00329102
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
Extension to term of contract by 5 years
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
The extension will be carried out in accordance with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The additional services are necessary to ensure continuity of clinical services and for technical reasons, the Trust is unable to change contractor at this stage to enable the pathology services at the Trust to be delivered. The current solution is linked to software that runs on over 30 different platforms across the Trust and is integral to the operation of the laboratories and therefore the provision of tests. This extension provides an interim solution that ensures consistency for calibration, methodology, quality control regimes, interfacing requirements for multiple complex instruments, operational requirements, and accreditation. During the extension, the South 4 Pathology Network will align operations, structures, and processes, including those associated with implementation of a single laboratory computer system in autumn of 2024. This will be the single most
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £19,376,106
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £28,507,952