Awarded contract

The automated system for the sectioning of wax tissue blocks

Details

Supplier(s)
Axlab Ltd
Value
£1,498,660
Topic
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Published
21 February 2025

Tender description

Provision of a fully automated system for the sectioning of wax tissue blocks including<br/>mounting onto a glass slide for further staining a Lot 1: The Trust intends to enter into a contract with Axlab ltd for the provision of a fully automated<br/>system for the sectioning of wax tissue blocks including mounting onto glass slides and<br/>labeling the slides for further staining. The Trust believes there are no other suppliers able to<br/>offer this specialist equipment, the provision of which is unique and exclusive to Axlab Ltd, as<br/>the supplier of the equipment. Additional information: The Trust intends to enter into a contract with Axlab ltd for the provision of a fully automated<br/>system for the sectioning of wax tissue blocks including mounting onto glass slides and<br/>labeling the slides for further staining. The Trust believes there are no other suppliers able to<br/>offer this specialist equipment, the provision of which is unique and exclusive to Axlab Ltd, as<br/>the supplier of the equipment. The Trust will now observe a ten day standstill period starting 21/02/2025, The standstill period will end on the 03/03/2025. The contract will be entered into on the 04/03/2025.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published21 February 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date21 February 2025

About the buyer

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust runs acute hospital services in Wolverhampton as an NHS trust with its own commercial team. Procurement sits with the North Midlands and Black Country Procurement Group, a shared commercial service covering trusts and commissioning bodies across the Midlands. A Commercial Contract Management team based at New Cross handles contracting on the group's behalf. The Trust also hosts the national Pathology Managed Equipment Services Framework for NHS and government bodies.

Over the past 5 years, most of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust's contract awards have been in health and social work, transport equipment and repair and maintenance.

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