Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-08
Buyer: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Region: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33696000 | 38434000 | 51410000 | 71900000
Estimated value: 1525000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Trust are looking to appoint a Supplier and intends to let either, a managed service contract (MSC) or reagent rental contract, to replace an existing MSC for the supply of a fully automated system for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Herpes Simplex virus.
The MSC Contract will include provision of equipment, consumables and reagents, support and maintenance, staff training and regular review meetings and reports. The Supplier will implement and closely manage the MSC for the duration of the Contract, at the respective Trust sites. The reagent rental contract model will be inclusive of equipment, consumables and reagents, staff training and support and maintenance.
Responses are required from tenderers for both of the above models, with each model being evaluated separately.
The Trust are looking to appoint a Supplier and intends to let either, a managed service contract (MSC) or reagent rental contract, to replace an existing MSC for the supply of a fully automated system for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Herpes Simplex virus.
The MSC Contract will include provision of equipment, consumables and reagents, support and maintenance, staff training and regular review meetings and reports. The Supplier will implement and closely manage the MSC for the duration of the Contract, at the respective Trust sites. The reagent rental contract model will be inclusive of equipment, consumables and reagents, staff training and support and maintenance.
Responses are required from tenderers for both of the above models, with each model being evaluated separately.
Following the initial contract period of 3 years, optional extension periods of 2 x 12 month options are available.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: In accordance with regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the relevant contract documents and other documentation including the invitation to tender.


Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: In accordance with regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the relevant contract documents and other documentation including the invitation to tender. Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: In accordance with regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the relevant contract documents and other documentation including the invitation to tender.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: In accordance with regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the relevant contract documents and other documentation including the invitation to tender.