NP586/14 Culture Media

A Modification Notice
by THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Supply)
Duration: 1 year
Value: £6M-£7M

Sector: INDUSTRIAL
Published: 10 May 2022
Delivery: To 10 May 2023 (est.)
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Edinburgh

Geochart for 2 buyers and 4 suppliers

2 buyers

NHS National Services Scotland NSS Edinburgh

4 suppliers

Biomerieux Basingstoke
E&O Laboratories Bonnybridge
Oxoid Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific Basingstoke
Southern Group Laboratory Corby

Description

Culture Media products used by hospital laboratories. The scope bottled media and pre-poured plates(including chromogenics) only as two separate lots. The framework will be available to all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the authority or other NHS organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978. This extension has been approved for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority in line with Regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Ammendments to Previous Notice

2. Contract value

GBP 5,584,688 7,041,562

Award Detail

1	Biomerieux (Basingstoke) NP586/14 Culture Media Reference: np586/14 Value: £5,584,688 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
2	E&O Laboratories (Bonnybridge) NP586/14 Culture Media Reference: np586/14 Value: £5,584,688 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
3	Oxoid Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific (Basingstoke) NP586/14 Culture Media Reference: np586/14 Value: £5,584,688 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
4	Southern Group Laboratory (Corby) NP586/14 Culture Media Reference: np586/14 Value: £5,584,688 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.

CPV Codes

24931250 - Culture medium

Indicators

Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

This modification of contract term from 01/04/2022 to 31/3/2023 is to meet the additional demands of the Scottish Health and Social Care sector during the current Covid-19 pandemic and to maintain necessary supply and remove unnecessary disruption from the Authority at this time in line with Regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 Modification notice is advised at framework level and does not detail individual lots.