NP1006/25 NHSS Bowel Screening Test Kits and Analysers

Description

NHS Tayside, on behalf of NHS Scotland, require a new short-term contract for the purchase of the following products to ensure that the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme can issue, receive and analyse Test Kits for Bowel Cancer detection:
- Bowel Screening Test Kit Analysers to meet the annual throughput of c650,000. This is also to include any necessary software and associated hardware (e.g. Scanners, Printers or Data Storage) and include maintenance costs.
- Consumables and reagents for use with the Analysers, sufficient to meet the annual through put of c650,000 test kits. These will be purchased on standing order.
- Bowel Screening Test Kits, for issue with the Invitation to participate in the Screening programme, at c1,000,000 test kits per annum, increasing at c2 percent per annum in quantity. These will be purchased on most economical basis (i.e. annual delivery to Fulfilment House, or quarterly deliveries).
- Bowel Screening Return Packaging. Each Invitation must include a return package, suitable for transportation through Royal Mail.