Supply of Courier Services for Laboratory Samples
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust requires a highly flexible, demand led service to provide transport for laboratory samples being referred for testing to other hospital laboratories around the country.
Reference number: 41692/T/SB
Deadline date:28/01/2013
This deadline is for… Notice deadline.
Contract value:£0 – £0
Location where the contract is to be carried out: United Kingdom Sheffield
Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes
Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations? No
Name of the buying organisation: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Original source URL http://www.mytenders.org/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=96277
Description of the contract
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust requires a highly flexible, demand led service to provide transport for laboratory samples being referred for testing to other hospital laboratories around the country.
The service provider should be able to:
– Provide a robust, reliable and cost effective service.
– Consolidate transport from different laboratory sections to the same hospital when required.
– Transport samples in suitable refrigerated/frozen containers in order to protect the integrity of the sample and compliant with the relevant transport regulations of biological specimens.
– Respond to our transport requirements at short notice when required.
– Communicate effectively with the referral laboratories to ensure sample receipt is acknowledged and any issues are notified back to us.
– Provide a service 7 days a week when required.
(MT Ref:96277)
Documents
Classification of the contract
64120000 Courier services
71900000 Laboratory services
Additional information
Contract type: Services – Unspecified
Is it a framework agreement? No
Is this contract related to a programme of funding? No
Contract will be awarded based on: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria stated in the contract documents
Estimated length of contract: 01/02/2013 – 31/01/2016
Who to contact
Contact name Simon Beal, Senior Buyer
Organisation name Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Supplies & Commercial Services, Sheffield, GB, S10 2JF
Telephone +44 1142265623
Extension number:
Fax +44 1142711860
Email simon.beal@sth.nhs.uk
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