Slide Storage
A Prior Information Notice
by MID SOUTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 3 year
- Value
- £120M-£100M
- Sector
- FACILITY
- Published
- 13 Oct 2025
- Delivery
- 19 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2029
- Deadline
- 26 Nov 2025 12:00
Related Terms
Location
United Kingdom:
1 buyer
- Mid South Essex NHS Trust Basildon
Description
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.
Lot Division
| 1 | Storage, Retrieval and Management of Pathology Samples
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. |
| 2 | Pathology Slide Scanning Services and Solutions
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. |
| 3 | Specialised Stem Cell Storage
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. |
| 4 | Aggregated Lot
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. |
Renewal Options
Commencement Date of first Framework. Duration of first framework: 3 years. Re-opening of first framework to Tenderers 6 months before expiry. Second framework commencement and duration: 2 years. Re-opening of second framework to Tenderers 6 months before expiry. Third framework commencement and duration: 3 years HTE reserves the right to extend each of the frameworks above by a further 12 months in line with section 49 of the Procurement Act. The maximum period of the Framework shall be 8 years including any extension options that have been applied.
Award Criteria
| Technical (including 10% Social Value) | _ |
| Commercial | _ |
CPV Codes
- 63121000 - Storage and retrieval services
- 63122000 - Warehousing services
- 85111800 - Pathology services
Indicators
- Renewals are available.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-050cfd
- FTS 064540-2025