Official UK procurement notice
Clinical Microbiology Managed Service Contract
Authority: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG3)
Published estimate£9,000,000≈ £1.3m / year
Submissions closed 16 Sept 2024
Contract term 7 yrsends 29 Feb 2032 · starts 1 Mar 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of a Clinical Microbiology Managed Service Contract.
CPV: Microbiological cultures
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Provision of a Clinical Microbiology Managed Service ContractPublished value£9,000,000
Provision of a Clinical Microbiology Managed Service Contract. <br/><br/>The service will cover UHB Bacteriology services (including the provision of ready poured media) and elements of Virology testing, including some rapid PCR screening and Molecular Viral Load testing.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Aug 2024, 16:01 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2024, 16:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Sept 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024717- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048828Find a Tender
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Sept 2024, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
6 Aug 2024 → 1 Mar 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published6 Aug 2024, 16:01 BST
- Submission deadline16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened16 Sept 2024, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Mar 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.