Covid LAMP Testing Services

Tender description

To provide SARS CoV 2 testing using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology across the Humber Coast and Vale Integrated Care System. Lot 1: As part of the national response to the COVID 19 pandemic HM Government and DHSC have mandated the provision of a wide a range of diagnostic testing pathways in the UK and England. One such pathway is the mass testing of asymptomatic staff in the NHS. The DHSC and NHS Track and Trace have collaborated to develop rapid, high volume of SARS CoV 2 testing using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology. York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will act as the authority on behalf of the Humber Coast and Vale Integrated Care System to provide the scale of asymptomatic testing required by DHSC and NHS T and T. This new testing facility will provide essential routine testing of asymptomatic NHS staff from across the York and Humber region and will constitute an essential element of the infection prevention and safeguarding strategy for the DHSC. This contract involves the provision of Medical Laboratory Assistant staff, use of the University on-site Laboratory and operation of the testing facility located on the University of York campus in York.