Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street
Glasgow
G4 0SF
Contact
Rachael Frank
Telephone
+44 1612123714
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKM82 - Glasgow City
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/13715750
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
The Provision of a Laboratories Managed Service on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71900000 - Laboratory services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) are acting as an agent on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, to obtain a Contractor for The Provision of a Laboratories Managed Service.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-020978
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
After consideration of the most recent clarification question and previous questions, NHS GG&C have carefully considered a number of different submission options to ensure the least impact and inconvenience for Suppliers regarding the size limits of Bid submissions. Therefore, bid submissions are required to be submitted slightly differently than as described in the Bidder Instructions. To ensure size limitations are mitigated, all Bid responses must be provided on a word document, containing a link to a Secure File Transfer, which should be uploaded to the this Tendering site. The word document should contain the name of the Supplier and third parties with a direct clickable link to the secure file transfer location. It is NHS GG&Cs preference that no password is used, however, if a password is required, then this should also be included within the Word document. It is the responsibility of the Supplier to ensure that the Link works and is accessible to NHS GG&C. Any responses received after the deadline of 9am on 4th October 2022 will not be accepted. It can also be confirmed that any documents or bid submissions with time stamps after this deadline will be disqualified and Suppliers will be excluded from the Procurement process. NHS SBS on behalf of NHS GG&C will review time stamps when completing the tender download following the tender deadline. For the avoidance of doubt this decision has been taken to ensure the least detrimental impact on suppliers and to ensure fairness, non-bias, transparency and equality. The Contract Notice relating to this Procurement will also be updated to reflect this change in submission format. Should any Supplier have issues with the bid submission approach please send a message via the messaging section of the SAP portal. However, it can be confirmed that no other clarification questions will be responded to.