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| Source: | Find a Tender Service (FTS) |
| Notice Type: | Pipeline / planning |
| Buyer: | Mid South Essex NHS Foundation Trust |
| Main Category: | Services |
| Procurement Method: | Open procedure |
| Tender Status: | Pre-tender |
| Estimated Value (ex. VAT): | £100,000,000 |
| Estimated Value (inc. VAT): | £120,000,000 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2025 |
| Application Deadline: | — |
| Enquiry Deadline: | 19 November 2025 |
| Procurement ID (OCID): | ocds-h6vhtk-050cfd |
| Notice Reference: | 064540-2025 |
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Slide Storage
Slide Storage
Slide Storage
Pathology Storage and Scanning Solutions Tender Notice
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| Call-off method: | Both: direct call-off and mini-competition |
Storage, Retrieval and Management Solutions for Pathology Samples, Blocks and Slides associated consumables, software and services. Offsite archive storage and retrieval services for: • Glass slides and their associated documentation. • Wax blocks and their associated documentation. Includes associated software solutions to support with the management, archive, retrieval of pathology samples (in any form). Includes consumables associated with management, archive, retrieval of pathology samples (in any form). Includes scanning slides as a service and then ongoing storage and retrieval of the glass slides and images. Key services covered: • Storage (physical and virutal) • Retrieval / Transport • Management of Inventory • Scanning projects • Software / IMS • Consumables associated Items covered: • pathology glass slides of tissue samples; • wax blocked with fixed tissue samples; • any other sample or tissue sample originating within a pathology department in any format; • associated documentation with any of the above.
Core requirements: Physical storage and management of Pathology Samples and associated records, retrieval of Pathology Samples and transportation, inventory management, destruction of Pathology Samples. Optional requirements: provision of consumables associated with the Core requirements.
Core requirements: Off Site Pathology slide scanning to generate Whole Slide Images, electronic retrieval services Whole Slide Images and retrieval of Pathology Samples and transportation. Optional requirements: Physical storage and management of Pathology Samples and associated records, inventory management, Virtual Storage Solutions, Image Management Systems and AI solutions, provision of consumables associated with the Core requirements, destruction of Pathology Samples, deletion of Whole Slide Images and associated records.
Core Requirements: Physical storage and management of stem cells in appropriate conditions and associated records, retrieval of stem cells and transportation in appropriate conditions, inventory management, destruction of stem cells.
Aggregation of Lot option (1-3) is designed to accommodate suppliers who can offer more than one lot service provision, combining them under a single agreement. This approach ensures that the Participating Authorities have access to a variety of services either from a single supplier or a cooperative of suppliers, enhancing the convenience and adapting a solution to their needs.
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