Official UK procurement notice
Contract for the provision of Histopathology Reporting
Authority: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract for the provision of Histopathology Reporting
CPV: Pathology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a direct award to the incumbent supplier, Poundbury Cancer Institute, under…Awarded
This is a direct award to the incumbent supplier, Poundbury Cancer Institute, under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) using Process C. The contract is for the provision of outsourced histopathology reporting. The contract term is for one year, from 01/08/2024 to 30/07/2025. The estimated value is £300,000. An option to extend for a further one year has been included, if the incumbent supplier can demonstrate it still meets the required service level criteria and fulfills the guidelines associated with Process C.<br/>As shown in the disclosed criteria, the main criterion is Quality. “Quality and Innovation” is weighted at 50% as the key objective is maintaining a high-quality service. The other elements of quality-led criteria total a further 40% of the weighting. Value in terms of cost has been weighted 10%, because maintaining the quality of the service is the main objective of this award. The Trust has measured the incumbent supplier's current and likely future performance against the criteria and confirm their recommendation to make a direct award via Process C
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Services
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jul 2024, 12:14 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2024, 08:26 BST
- Authority reference
C296418- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-025729- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048488Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
‘This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 07/08/2024 . This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'. Great Western Hospitals (GWH) intends to observe a standstill period of 8 working days as per the guidelines. Once this is complete, subject to a non-receipt of representations from other providers, the contract will be awarded.
Publisher note: ‘This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Process C Intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 07/08/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.’<br/>Any representations should be forwarded to Debbie.parin@nhs.net.<br/>The award decision makers are Noman Manzoor - Director of Pathology at Great Western Hospitals (GWH) and Rob Webb - Director of Procurement for BSW Alliance, on behalf of Great Western Hospitals (GWH). Both decision makers have confirmed they are not subject to any conflict of interest and can demonstrate a clear and transparent application of the service criteria during their decision process. <br/>The decision process was based on a review of the incumbent supplier's performance against a set of 5 criteria with a total weighting of 100% as published.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.’ The standstill period o…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poundbury Cancer InstituteSME | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 023202-2024-1 · Poundbury Cancer InstituteSME
- Signed
- 24 Jul 2024
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Salisbury Managed Procurement ServicesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- POUNDBURY CANCER CENTRE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.