Expired contract

CST078 Provision of Pathology

Details

Value
£48,000
Duration
1 year
Topic
Hospital and related services
Published
11 November 2022

Tender description

Derby and Derbyshire Coroner service refers forensic samples for pathology services to the University Hospitals of Leicester for analysis. \r Derby and Derbyshire Coroner service uses the pathology services of University Hospital of Leicester to analyse forensic samples taken when home office post mortems have been undertaken.\r Home office post mortems are undertaken at Leicester Mortuary by a home office registered pathologist who acts on behalf of the coroner and police to investigate suspicious deaths and murder cases.\r UHL work closely with the mortuary offers a service which provides a comprehensive range of laboratory investigations that are constantly being updated to take in to account the analysis of new substances.\r The use of UHL to provide the specialist forensic pathology service is the preferred choice of the senior coroner and also the police service.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date3 November 2022
  2. Completed: Award published11 November 2022
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date2 November 2023

About the buyer

Derbyshire County Council is the local authority for the county of Derbyshire and organises its procurement by category under a five-year rolling strategy. Tender notices are published on Find a Tender, the Central Digital Platform, under the Procurement Act 2023. Documents for each tender are issued through the Proactis supplier portal, where suppliers register and set tailored alerts. Category management consolidates recurring spend into frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems. Three category leads cover corporate, property and ICT, people services, and place. Call-offs from ESPO frameworks for estates and language services are recorded as published council decisions.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Derbyshire County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, transport services and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85110000 · Hospital and related services

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