Expired contract

Replacement of Dani Head space Gas Chromatography system

Details

Value
£49,838.16
Duration
1 year
Topic
Medical equipments
Published
11 December 2023

Tender description

We were looking to order one Gas chromatography Analyzer for Blood Alcohol Concentration with inlet splitter and dual FIDs, as well as a headspace sampler. The full breakdown is as follows: Gas Chromatograph for the analysis of blood alcohol with >50 positions sample tray, headspace and development to run hydrogen carrier and nitrogen extraction gas. We would require this to come with a minimum of two years warranty. Hydrogen generator Compressor Zero Air N2 Generator The system must have a proven and validated Forensic application method for the performance of fast blood alcohol content (BAC) analysis. That is able to deliver accurate and reproducible data that will stand up in a court of law. It must also be able to analyse methanol (detection limit 50 mg/L), ethanol (detection limit 100 mg/L) acetone and isopropanol in clinical and post mortem samples. We will require this to be delivered no later than Mid January 2024, however the earlier the better.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date16 November 2023
  2. Completed: Award published11 December 2023
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date15 November 2024

About the buyer

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs hospital and community services in Northumberland and North Tyneside as an NHS trust with its own procurement team. Tenders are advertised on the Due North portal, the trust's website and Contracts Finder. Smaller purchases go out as written quotes. Larger contracts follow a full tender process. A panel of staff and service users scores each tender against published criteria. Health and social care contracts can qualify for a lighter procurement regime with no EU advertising duty.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, software and information systems and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33100000 · Medical equipments

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