Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-12-29
Buyer: NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (NHS SBS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33124131 | 33696300 | 33696500 | 38434000 | 38500000
Estimated value:  GBP
Award criteria: Quality, Price

Technical requirements: Quality
Price
The aim of the project is to set up a new framework for Point of Care Testing: Drugs of Abuse, which includes both products and services, predominantly for use in mental health and acute trust settings, but with a view that there may also be interest from other public sector organisations such as HMP and police forces around the UK. The framework will cover: The provision of diagnostic test cassettes and strips for use with urine; The provision of diagnostic tests for use with oral fluid; The provision of diagnostic tests for use with hair; The provision of analysers for alcohol testing confirmation / classification testing of positive samples; Provision of Point of care analysers; Operational outsourcing of Point of care: Drugs of Abuse testing services.
The value provided in Section II 1.4, is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to successful suppliers any business through this framework agreement. Spend and volumes may vary throughout the life of the framework agreement from the anticipated levels given in this notice.
The framework will be for the benefit of Public sector bodies, including any statutory and other successor organisations to any of the foregoing and in addition any other commissioners (whether alone or jointly with any other organisation), providers and regulators of NHS funded (either in whole or in part) services, including practice-based commissioning consortia, general practice commissioning consortia, NHS England (and all subnational offices, including anybody obtaining new membership to NHS Shared Business Services Ltd.
In addition, the following public sector bodies will be able to use the Framework subject to the approval of NHS SBS:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/na-classification/national-accounts-sector-classification/classification-update--may-2014/public-sector-classification-guide---may-2014.xls
Special Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx.;
Arms Length Bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arms-length-bodies/our-arms-length-bodies.
The NHS Commissioning Board and other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services and GP consortia which will be responsible for commissioning most aspects of NHS care (or equivalent body/bodies established pursuant to legislation enacted as a result of, or in connection with, the White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS published in July 2010.
GP Practices: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx, and: http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk/.
b) Commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board or other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services, as described above.
Social Enterprises: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_119228.pdf.
NHS Wales (National Health Service for Wales) including but not limited to: Welsh Health Boards, Primary care services - GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services:
NHS Scotland (National Health Service for Scotland) including but not limited to: NHS Boards, Hospitals, Primary care Services GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services:


Number of bids: 4