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Histology Modernisation

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 22:01.

Opportunity overview

Purchase of Capital Equipment for Histology Modernisation, with supporting 10yr maintenance and consumable agreements

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

Matched by number
Contract value
£1m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
15 Jul 2026
Including VAT
£1.2m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 14471643
Location
Hadleigh, Ipswich, UKH14, IP7 5EL, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C392786
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Sole supplier due to unique market offering of equipment required for Purchase of Capital Equipment for Histology Modernisation, with supporting 10yr maintenance and consumable agreements

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Id
GB-PPON-PBGQ-3462-MVRD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PBGQ-3462-MVRD

Address

Street Address
Management Offices, Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road
Locality
POOLE
Postal Code
BH15 2JB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK24

Contact

Name
Georgina Mountney

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Axlab
Id
GB-COH-14471643

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
14471643

Address

Street Address
112c High Street
Locality
Hadleigh, Ipswich
Postal Code
IP7 5EL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
33100000
Description
Medical equipments
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71900000
Description
Laboratory services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-14471643
Name
Axlab

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Histology Modernisation
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
16 Jul 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
16 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2036, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
1,211,439
Amount
1,009,532.5
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
0586
Title
System Functionality
Description
"System must be functional and available at all times. The cumulative time over a month during which the component parts of the service supplied by the Supplier are available to undertake the volume and type of work specified in the forecast workload. The formula for calculating this is: (Total available hours – unavailable hours) / Total available hours x 100. This measurement should be illustrated for each separate module of the total automated solution. The unavailable hours should be calculated from when the call is made by the customer to the Supplier."

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1
Entry 2
Id
0587
Title
Customer Service – Allocation of Job Numbers
Description
"Help Desk Availability 1. Daily 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday excluding weekends and bank holidays available to accept all calls from the Customer. 2. Daily 5pm to 9am: A facility to record a message from Customer."

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1
Entry 3
Id
0588
Title
Engineer Attendance on Site
Description
For General Faults where Job allocation numbers are generated and which require an engineer site visit, the engineer should attend the site within 8 working hours (excluding weekends and bank holidays)

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1
Entry 4
Id
0589
Title
General Fault Resolution
Description
“General Fault” shall include any failure, defect, malfunction, or incompatibility affecting the Equipment, including any failure of the Equipment software to successfully interface, communicate, integrate, or link with the Vantage system. Any General Fault shall be fixed within 48 hours from attendance on site of the suitably qualified and experienced engineer, and the 48-hour period shall be calculated by reference to Working Days.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1
Entry 5
Id
0590
Title
Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
Description
The Supplier is required to carry out any PPM within 14 days of due date.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1
Entry 6
Id
0591
Title
Staff training
Description
Certified training is to be provide, to required staff, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement between the parties.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
068242-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
20 Jul 2026, 13:47
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · POOLE · UKK24 · BH15 2JB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 034753-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 034760-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 068242-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·