Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-07
Buyer: The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Region: Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71900000 | 85111800
Submission deadline: 2016-06-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: — Histopathology Department, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Moorgate Road, Rotherham, United Kingdom, S60 2UD;
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are looking for suppliers for outsourced pathology reporting services. The suppliers must be able to pick-up, test and report on samples, in the following categories:
Listings of the entities eligible to utilise any resulting agreement(s), subject to the approval of NOE CPC, can be found at:
Primary Care Trusts (pending changes under the modernisation of the NHS April 2013 — see the NHS Commissioning Board website below): http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx
Strategic Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/StrategicHealthAuthorityListing.aspx
Special Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx
Arms Length Bodies: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/OrganisationsthatworkwithDH/Armslengthbodies/Categorisationofarmslengthbodies/index.htm
The NHS Commissioning Board (www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk) and other organisations involved in commissioning of primary care services via Clinical Commissioning Groups — CCGs supported by the Commissioning Support Units — CSU's 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 July 2010.
CSU: www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk/appointments/csu The NHS Commissioning Board and other organisations involved in commissioning and/or overseeing General Practitioner services and GP consortia.
GP Practices: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx, and: http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk/ and any other provider of primary medical services:
b) Commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board or other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services, as described above.
Social Enterprises: 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: http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/localservices/localhealthboards/
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: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/index.aspx
NHS Northern Ireland (National Health Service for Northern Ireland) including but not limited to: Health and Social Care Trusts, Primary Care Services GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, hospital services, social care services and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services: http://www.n-i.nhs.uk/

Eligibility requirements: Listings of the entities eligible to utilise any resulting agreement(s), subject to the approval of NOE CPC, can be found at: Acute Trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx Primary Care Trusts (pending changes under the modernisation of the NHS April 2013 — see the NHS Commissioning Board website below): http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx Mental Health Trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx Ambulance Trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx Care Trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx Strategic Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/StrategicHealthAuthorityListing.aspx Special Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx other English NHS bodies: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx Arms Length Bodies: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/OrganisationsthatworkwithDH/Armslengthbodies/Categorisationofarmslengthbodies/index.htm The NHS Commissioning Board (www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk) and other organisations involved in commissioning of primary care services via Clinical Commissioning Groups — CCGs supported by the Commissioning Support Units — CSU's 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 July 2010. CCG: www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk/ccg-details/ CSU: www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk/appointments/csu The NHS Commissioning Board and other organisations involved in commissioning and/or overseeing General Practitioner services and GP consortia. GP Practices: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx, and: http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk/ and any other provider of primary medical services: a) Who are a party to any of the following contracts: — General Medical Services (GMS); — Personal Medical Services (PMS); — Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS); and/or b) Commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board or other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services, as described above. Social Enterprises: http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_119228.pdf Local Authorities: http://www.localgov.co.uk/index.cfm?method=directory.alpha 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: http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/localservices/localhealthboards/ 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: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/index.aspx NHS Northern Ireland (National Health Service for Northern Ireland) including but not limited to: Health and Social Care Trusts, Primary Care Services GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, hospital services, social care services and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services: http://www.n-i.nhs.uk/ Candidates may be disqualified who do not respond in accordance with the format and instructions of this requirement. Prior to entering your general information and expressing an interest in this requirement candidates are requested to provide their profile in Sid4health. The NOE CPC utilizes the NHS Supplier Information Database (sid4health) to manage and assess general pre-qualification info in the form of a profile. To register your profile on Sid4health you must: i) Obtain a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS(R) Number to enable registration on sid4health. Normally its provided within 48 hours but may take up to 5 days. The DUNS(R) No is the standard supplier coding for the NHS and must be obtained for trading with the NHS. Check if your company has a DUNS(R) No on the Sid4health registration page. ii) Go to www.sid4health.nhs.uk and select Register Supplier Organisation and enter the 1 st part or the whole of your organisation name or DUNS number. Click on Search, follow instructions to complete the registration or select an existing registration to create a new user account (Candidates must publish at least 1 validated profile to make their profile available for buyers to view generally — see Help page on Sid4health within Profile Management for details). iii) Ensure all mandatory fields of their Sid4health profile are completed. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B. iv) Where access to Sid4health is unavailable, contact the sid4health. Help desk: helpsid4health@eurodyn.com Once your sid4health profile has been completed and validated progress to express interest in this tender as per section VI.3) Please ensure You keep your profile updated within Sid4health regularly.
Candidates may be disqualified who do not respond in accordance with the format and instructions of this requirement. Prior to entering your general information and expressing an interest in this requirement candidates are requested to provide their profile in Sid4health. The NOE CPC utilizes the NHS Supplier Information Database (sid4health) to manage and assess general pre-qualification info in the form of a profile. To register your profile on Sid4health you must: i) Obtain a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS(R) Number to enable registration on sid4health. Normally its provided within 48 hours but may take up to 5 days. The DUNS(R) No is the standard supplier coding for the NHS and must be obtained for trading with the NHS. Check if your company has a DUNS(R) No on the Sid4health registration page. ii) Go to www.sid4health.nhs.uk and select Register Supplier Organisation and enter the 1 st part or the whole of your organisation name or DUNS number. Click on Search, follow instructions to complete the registration or select an existing registration to create a new user account (Candidates must publish at least 1 validated profile to make their profile available for buyers to view generally — see Help page on Sid4health within Profile Management for details). iii) Ensure all mandatory fields of their Sid4health profile are completed. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B. iv) Where access to Sid4health is unavailable, contact the sid4health. Help desk: helpsid4health@eurodyn.com Once your sid4health profile has been completed and validated progress to express interest in this tender as per section VI.3) Please ensure You keep your profile updated within Sid4health regularly.