Pathology Outsourcing

The contracting authorities consisting of 3 NHS Trusts and 3 clinical commissioning groups: 1.

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust: Hamstel Rd, Harlow CM20 1QX 2.

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Lister hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB 3.

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0HB 4.

East and North Hertfordshire CCG, Charter House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, Herts.

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Herfordshire Valleys CCG, The Forum, Marlowes Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1DN 6.

West Essex CCG, Building 4 Spencer Close, The Plain, Epping CM16 6TN are looking to award contracts for the provision of pathology services under a target operating model that is compliant with the guidelines from NHS Improvement and can provide quality benefits to patients, clinicians and financial sustainability to the organisations.

The current expectation is that the pathology services will need to cover the full range of pathology disciplines currently provided or commissioned by the above organisations.

The detailed scope of the procurement will be issued during the formal procurement but will include the provision of a full pathology service for: • Blood sciences, including blood transfusion; • Phlebotomy; • Microbiology; • Histopathology; • Molecular pathology; • Specialist testing and send aways; • Laboratory facilities; • Single IT LIMS; • Logistics; • PoCT and NPT; • Other pathology testing and support facilities.

The aim of this notice is: 1.

Notify the market of the intention of the above parties to start a formal procurement process for the appointment of a pathology service provider; and 2.

Notify the market of a market engagement day where organisations will be asked to provide feedback on the procurement.

The Contracting authorities will determine the number of lots that it will be creating based on the feedback that it has gathered from the market.

This will be reflected in each successive competitive dialogue tender and evaluation stage.

EVENT: Market Engagement Day • Date: 29th of April 2019 from 9:00 to 13:00 • Location: Harlow College Hall • Agenda: o Start at 10am o Introductions to the team (5 mins) o Presentation from the team on the project vision, scope, size and timeline (25 mins) o Procurement approach and governance (15 mins) o Q&A from bidders to allow them to ask question (65 mins) o Closing remarks (10 mins) • Finish at 12pm To register for this event please respond back through this portal With the following information: • Name of the company • Name of attendees • Whether you would like to attend the 1-1 sessions If you would like to have a one to one session with members of the STP Pathology Programme team on the 30th of April 2019 or an alternative date, please send in your request through this portal and a member of the team will be in contact with you