Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-21
Buyer: NHS Commissioning Board - NHS England (Public Health Commissioning)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85145000
Estimated value: 569500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-01-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England (Public health Commissioning) — Laboratory Services to Support the Delivery of the HPV Primary Screening Pathway within the NHS Cervical Screening Programme
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England (the Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver HPV primary screening and related cervical screening services as part of the NHS Cervical Cancer Screening Programme (NHSCSP). The requirement is split into 9 Lots. Organisations wishing to submit a bid will need to register on the Arden GEM Bravo solutions website and complete the ITT documentation at the following location: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
The ITT documentation should be completed by the closing date of 15:00 hrs on 9.1.2019. The main ITT reference is itt_1139.
It is anticipated the ITT documentation will be available w/c 26th November 2018 but may be published sooner and potential bidders are advised to monitor the web portal.
The London laboratory footprint will incorporate all GP practices and Community Sexual Health Services providers in the 32 CCGs in London.
In addition, the London Laboratory footprint will include the following practices from Essex currently linked with laboratories in London:
In addition, the London Laboratory footprint will include the following Defence Medical Services practices in London:
The North East laboratory footprint includes all of the activity from cervical screening providers in all CCGs within Yorkshire and the Humber, and the North East.
This footprint will also include all acute hospital and sexual health providers that fall within the geographical area and relevant armed forces sites.
The North West laboratory footprint includes all of the activity from cervical screening providers in all CCGs within North and South Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire and Mersey, and Greater Manchester.
This footprint will also include all acute hospital and sexual health providers that fall within the geographical area and relevant armed forces sites.
— Dorset CCG including those in west Dorset currently linked to the Taunton/Musgrove Park laboratory,
— Hampshire (except North East Hampshire and a single South East Hampshire practice), Southampton, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight
— Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire (with the exception of 5 Oxfordshire and 5 Buckinghamshire practices currently linked to the Berkshire and Surrey Pathology service,
— the single West Berkshire practice currently linked to the Hampshire Hospitals laboratory (J82054 – Kintbury and Woolton Hill Surgery).

Eligibility requirements: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.

Award value: 569500000