Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2018-12-26
Buyer: NHS Commissioning Board - NHS England (Public Health Commissioning)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85145000
Submission deadline: 2019-01-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England (Public Health Commissioning) — Laboratory Services to Support the Delivery of the HPV PrimaryScreening 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 on 16.1.2019. The main ITTreference is itt_1139
In addition, this laboratory footprint will include all acute hospital and sexual health providers that fall within the geographical area and relevant armed forces sites.
In addition, the East Midlands laboratory will include all acute hospital and sexual health providers that fall within the geographical area and relevant armed forces sites.
All acute hospital and sexual health providers that fall within the geographical area and relevant armed forces sites.
In addition, the East laboratory will include all acute hospital and sexual health providers that fall within the geographical area and relevant armed forces sites.
In addition, the West Midlands laboratory footprint will include all NHS colposcopy/gynae clinics (11 acute hospital providers for West Midlands and 2 for North Midlands — all border areas taken into account under WM numbers with the exception of Welsh border), Armed Forces sites, sexual health providers (9 providers) and 2 community outreach services that fall within the geographical area.
It will also cover the following practices within South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsular CCG:
In addition, the West Midlands laboratory will include all NHS colposcopy/gynae clinics (11 acute hospital providers for West Midlands and 2 for North Midlands — all border areas taken into account under WM numbers with the exception of Welsh border), Armed Forces sites, Sexual Health providers (9 providers) and two Community Outreach services that fall within the geographical area.
The ITT documentation should be completed by the closing date of 15:00 on 9.1.2019. The main ITT reference is itt_1139
The ITT documentation should be completed by the closing date of 15:00 on 16.1.2019. The main ITT reference is itt_1139
The South West laboratory footprint will incorporate all practices and providers in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Gloucestershire. The footprint also includes the Wiltshire practices currently linked to the Royal United Hospital Bath laboratory.
This footprint will also include all acute hospital and sexual health providers that fall within the geographical area and relevant armed forces sites.
Note: The footprint includes all practices and providers in Gloucestershire CCG currently linked to the Hereford and Worcestershire programme.