Automated Slide Preparation System

Official notice

Authority: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: North West (UKD)

Awarded value£420,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Feb 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Axlab Ltd.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis.

CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1

Delivery: North West

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 14 Feb 2025, 14:39 GMT
Last source update: 14 Feb 2025, 14:39 GMT
Authority reference: C339329
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-005179
Classification (CPV): Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area: North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e1f9 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The Trust intends to enter into a contract with Axlab Ltd for the provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis. The Trust believes there are no other suppliers able to offer this specialist equipment, the provision of which is unique and exclusive to Axlab Ltd, as the supplier of the equipment.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £420,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Feb 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Axlab Ltd.	£420,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 005179-2025-C339329-1 · Axlab Ltd.
Signed
13 Feb 2025
Value
£420,000
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: RBN Warrington Rd, Rainhill, Prescot, North West, L355DRContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

AxLab LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 14471643 112c High Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, South East, IP7 5EL

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.