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Cambridgeshire County Council

21057 Cambridgeshire County Council - Point of Care Testing

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33000000 33100000
Value£495k
Awarded25 Feb 2022
Published29 Apr 2022
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£495ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) is seeking a Provider to deliver the equipment, consumables, training and customer support for cholesterol (Total serum cholesterol (TC) \\High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) point-of-care testing (POCT) or near patient testing (NPT) as part of the NHS Health Check for upto 90 x GP practices across Cambridgeshire.

Individual practices will have the option of taking part in cholesterol POCT or can continue to use phlebotomy.

CCC may extend service provision to Pharmacies during the life of this contract for the delivery of training around POCT only.

The Provider shall ensure that the testing analysers they use meet all Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) standards and are acceptable for use in clinical locations including GP practices and pharmacies.

Standards for POCT (including IQC and EQA quality control schemes) should meet the required sections of the NHS Health Checks Best Practice Guidance (Updated March 2020) and NHS Health Check programme standards 2020.

The Provider will be responsible for repairs, maintenance, and disposal of the equipment (if required) and internal and external quality control programmes.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Provider shall ensure that the testing

The Provider shall ensure that the testing analysers they use meet all Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) standards and are acceptable for use in clinical locations including GP practices and pharmacies.

02

Standards for POCT (including IQC and EQA

Standards for POCT (including IQC and EQA quality control schemes) should meet the required sections of the NHS Health Checks Best Practice Guidance (Updated March 2020) and NHS Health Check programme standards 2020.

03

The Provider will be responsible for repairs

The Provider will be responsible for repairs, maintenance, and disposal of the equipment (if required) and internal and external quality control programmes.

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