Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-02
Buyer: NHS Tayside
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33140000: Medical consumables | 71900000
Estimated value: 900000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-09-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The procurement project is seeking to lease laboratory equipment and to purchase consumables/reagents which will deliver an evaluative implementation of Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as a second line screen for the first and second trimester trisomy 21, 13 and 18 screening programme.
It aims to provide a better patient experience by improving the diagnostic performance of the screen with the offer of NIPT as a second line screen.
The requirement is to procure the services for a single supplier for the lease of equipment to undertake NIPT that focuses on T13, T18 and T21. The tender will include the following areas:
The following sections within the ESPD contained within the ITT 30881 — Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) must be completed.
All tendered services and products must fully comply with the NHS Requirement in the tender documents.
Please refer to the selection criteria as stated within the procurement documents for 4C.2, 4C.4, 4C.8.1, 4C.8.2, 4CD.10, 4C.11 and 4C.11.1.
1) The contractor must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent); or
(a) a documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the contractor has and continues to implement a quality management policy that is authorised by their chief executive, or equivalent, and is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation;
(b) documented procedures for periodically reviewing, correcting and improving quality performance including processes for ensuring that the contractor’s quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance;
(c) a documented process for ensuring that quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance. The contractor must be able to provide copies of their organisation’s documentation procedures, that meet current agreed good practice. These must include the arrangements for quality management throughout the contractor’s organisation. They must set out how the contractor’s organisation will carry out its policy, with a clear indication of how the arrangements are communicated to the workforce;
(d) documented arrangements for providing the contractor’s workforce with quality related training and information appropriate to the type of work for which this organisation is likely to bid. This will demonstrate that the organisation has in place and implements training arrangements to ensure that its workforce has sufficient skills and understanding to discharge their various responsibilities. These must include a programme of training that will keep the workforce up to date with required knowledge about quality related issues, including copies of job profiles; training manuals and records;
(e) documented arrangements that your organisation has a system for monitoring quality management procedures on an ongoing basis. The contractor’s organisation must be able to provide evidence of systematic, periodic review and improvement of quality in respect of output and general performance;
(f) documented arrangements for ensuring that the contractors apply quality management measures that are appropriate to the work for which they are being engaged;
(g) a documented process demonstrating how the contractor deals with complaints. The contractor must be able to provide details of how their organisation maintains records of any complaints received and how corrective measures are carried out to prevent reoccurrence.
Contract value of GBP900,000 reflects the anticipated value of the contract duration including the optional extension period. No guarantees are given to either volume or value of spend.


Award value: 900000