West of England Pathology Network - Provision of Managed Service Agreements for Laboratory Services

The scope of the Laboratory Services includes the provision and maintenance of pathology equipment and all associated IT, interfaces and licences as well as the provision of all associated consumables; reagents, collection devices and quality control/calibration material necessary for the delivery of the activity and scope of services covered under this tender. Further to this the MSC provider will be responsible for the end to end Management and Delivery of the Supply Chain encompassing all products and the implementation of a full Inventory Management System.

The Procurement is divided into Lots (1 to 8). Bidders are able to bid for single or multiple Lots. The successful provider for Lot 1 or Lot 3 (which is the option to combine Lots 1 and 2) is expected to prime the provision of the Laboratory Services under all of the Lots. Therefore, the successful providers under Lots 2 to 8 shall become mandatory Sub-Contractors to the MSP (i.e. the Lot 1/3 provider). Each Organisation will enter into separate Contracts with the MSP.