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Automated Slide Preparation System

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 22:06.

Opportunity overview

Provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

AxLab Ltd

Matched by number
Contract value
£420k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
13 Feb 2025
Award ID
005179-2025-C339329-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 14471643
Location
Ipswich, UKJ, IP7 5EL, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV38000000 — Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Lots

  • Provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C339329
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
goods
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The Trust intends to enter into a contract with Axlab Ltd for the provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis. The Trust believes there are no other suppliers able to offer this specialist equipment, the provision of which is unique and exclusive to Axlab Ltd, as the supplier of the equipment.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
38000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Options
No
Description
Provision of a fully automatic sectioning device that is capable of cutting paraffin blocks as well as delivering sections mounted on slides, registered, dried and ready for further analysis.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-RBN
Name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD71
Locality
Prescot
Postal Code
L355DR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Warrington Rd, Rainhill

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Id
RBN
Scheme
GB-NHS
Legal Name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Contact

Name
Christina Fletcher
Telephone
+44 1516765200
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-14471643
Name
AxLab Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ
Locality
Ipswich
Postal Code
IP7 5EL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
112c High Street, Hadleigh

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
14471643
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
AxLab Ltd
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-116236
Name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Prescot
Postal Code
L35 5DR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road

Identifier

Legal Name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Award information

Award 1
Id
005179-2025-C339329-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-14471643
Name
AxLab Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
005179-2025-C339329-1
Status
active
Award ID
005179-2025-C339329-1
Date Signed
13 Feb 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
420,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Prescot · UKD71 · L355DR · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04e1f9-2025-02-14T14:39:16Zcompiled ·