Regional Post Mortem Pathology Services

Tender description

Durham County Council is acting on behalf of the North East Procurement Organisation in conjunction with the HM Coroners for the North East Region for the procurement of a Framework Agreement for Regional Post Mortem Pathology Services. The Region is looking for two specialist Providers who can deliver Regional Post Mortem Pathology Services and only one Provider will be appointed to each Lot. The framework agreement has been divided into two geographical demand zones classified as North and South. Providers may bid for one or both Lots however they must include a preference and can only be successful for one Lot as determined in the ITT stage. Minimum service requirements are: • Post Mortem Examination - Autopsy (PME) • Post Mortem Imaging (PMI) • Minimally Invasive Post Mortems • Histology • Body Storage Lot 1: North Geographical Demand Zone The successful Provider is required to provide Post Mortem Pathology Services to the North Geographical Demand Zone of the North East Region. The minimum services required are: • Post Mortem Examination (PME) Autopsy • Post Mortem Imaging (PMI) • Minimally Invasive Post Mortems • Histology • Deceased Body Storage Contracting Authorities: The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members within the North East region. A list of memberorganisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org. OJ/S S52 15/03/2018 114520-2018-EN - - Works - Contract notice - Open procedure 3 / 9 15/03/2018S52 http://ted.europa.eu/TED - - Works - Contract notice - Open procedure Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union 3 / 9 This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members throughout theNorth East region. Current Associate members are listed in the Associate member section of the NEPO websiteat: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list. NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all contracting authorities throughout theNorth East region (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to GovernmentDepartments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, LocalAuthorities, Emergency services, Coastguard emergency services, Educational establishments, Registeredsocial landlords and Registered charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details:-. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/default.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.ons.gov.uk/ http://www.police.uk/forces.htm http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home.htm http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx http://www.oscr.org.uk/ http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7175736 http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644 A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: http://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissable-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO AssociateMember in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org