Provision of Automated Digital Slide scanner

Concepts

• diagnostic systems
• salisbury
• public health england
• hamamatsu
• digital slide scanner
• digital image analysis
• single tender action request
• precision equipment
• behalf of the secretary of state
• civil contingencies act

Location

Salisbury

Description

Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract to Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited for the provision of Automated Digital Slide scanner. PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004).

Total Quantity or Scope

This single tender action request is for the purpose of procuring a digital slide scanner in support of increased output and digital image analysis to produce quantitative instead of qualitative only pathological analysis and rapid access for short through-put reporting which is necessary for the current COVID-19 studies.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 33124110 - Diagnostic systems
• 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

The Government must protect the health and well-being of UK citizens. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 Jan 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 Mar 2020. PHE discharges its duties as a Category 1 Responder to emergencies on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health within the scope of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004). This urgent requirement is in response to the COVID -19 outbreak. A direct award has been made due to extreme urgency under current public procurement regulations using regulation 32(2)(c) for the purpose of procuring a digital slide scanner in support of increased output and digital image analysis to produce quantitative instead of qualitative only pathological analysis and rapid access for short through-put reporting which is necessary for the current COVID-19 studies.