Official UK procurement notice
LCHS Pathology Services - Sexual Health and HIV
Authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting Authority seeks the provision of a Pathology Service for the processing and reporting of Sexual Health and HIV screening tests on behalf of Lincolnshire patients. Tests will be undertaken by the LiSH service following which the Pathology Service will undertake collection, delivery, processing and reporting to LiSH. This specification sets out the minimum requirements of this service.
CPV: Community health services · Health services · Pathology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This service will primarily cover screening for the following tests:Published value£3,000,000
This service will primarily cover screening for the following tests:
- Chlamydia (NB There is a separate contract for online Chlamydia Screening for 15-24 year olds)
- Gonorrhoea
- Trichomonas
- Herpes
- Syphilis
- HIV
- Blood borne Viruses eg Hep A, Hep B and Hep C
- Non STI organisms such as Candida and Bacterial Vaginosis, streptococcus etc
- Mycoplasma Genitalium
- Lymphogranuloma Venereum
The Pathology Service will include the BASHH recommended tests for STIs: (April 2019 or any subsequent update) – www.bashh.org/about-bashh/publicat… ↗
A three year contract will be let by the Contracting Authority for the provision of this service, with the option to extend by up to one year (3+1). There is no guarantee of activity in the provision of this service. The estimated value of the services is based on the full estimated value of the opportunity should the contract extension be exercised by the Contracting Authority.
This procurement is subject to the "Light Touch Regime" as described within Regulations 74-77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as a Schedule 3 service.
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
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Jan 2021, 17:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Jan 2021, 17:54 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Feb 2021 – …
- Authority reference
DN514214- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-000405- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Feb 2021, 12:05 GMT
Timeline
8 Jan 2021 → 1 Jun 2021 · 4 dates- Notice published8 Jan 2021, 17:54 GMT
- Submission deadline8 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened8 Feb 2021, 12:05 GMT
- Contract starts1 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS England and NHS ImprovementReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.