Glucose/Ketone EQA Vials

Tender description

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of Weqas who operates as an independent organisation, hosted by Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board. Weqas were seeking to establish a contract for Glucose/Ketone EQA Vials (previously known as Dropper Bottles). Weqas is one of the largest External Quality Assessment providers in the UK, with over 50 years of experience in delivering global Quality Assurance Programmes in Laboratory Medicine. Weqas operates at Unit 6, Parc Ty Glas, Cardiff. The majority of Weqas' EQA material is manufactured in-house, and the items sought below are necessary for the production of the Glucose & Ketone EQA material. These products are utilised in a semi automated dispensing system, therefore, there are specific requirements to enable them to be used with this system, as stated in each indivdual lot specification within the tender documents. Item 1 – LDPE Dropper Bottle Cylinder Round Natural Item 2 – Extended Control Dropper Tip LDPE Natural Item 3 – Dropper Tip Cap (any colour) This contract is for the provision of Glucose and Ketone EQA material supplied in dropper bottles. Lot 2: Supply and Fill of Dropper bottles and Material (provided by Weqas) This lot is for the supply and fill of Dropper bottles with the material provided by Weqas. Lot 1: Supply Only of Dropper Bottles This contract is for the supply of Dropper Bottles only. The bottle must be; - Natural LDPE dropper bottle to be able to hold at least 0.5 ml serum - Bottle diameter at it's largest part must be within the range of 13 mm to 14 mm due to the dispensing system in use currently and existing specimen packaging - The neck diameter must be no smaller than 6mm (tolerance of 0.4mm around this) due to the dispensing system in use currently - The bottle must be transparent to ensure ease of product testing after filling of bottle as there is a requirement to see the liquid within the bottle Lot 3: Dropper bottle supply and filling with material provided by Weqas, plus labelling of finished product This contract is for the Dropper bottle supply, filling with material provided by Weqas and labelling of finished product. Lot 4: Provision of Glucose & Ketone EQA material supplied in dropper bottles This contract is for the provision of Glucose and Ketone EQA material supplied in dropper bottles.