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- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Ukhsa_Scientific- Provision of Medical Wire Mwe Liquid Swabs for Kiestra Automat
- GBT Ref No: 84681881
- Deadline: 05 Jul 2023
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: 400000
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: CF-1666900D0O000000rwimUAA
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Title : UKHSA_Scientific- Provision of Medical Wire MWE liquid swabs for Kiestra automat
Location Of Contract : SW1P 3HX
Industry : Automated swab test kits - 38912000
Value Of Contract : £400,000
Description : UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is planning to award a contract via 2020/S 217-533940: UKHSA National Microbiology Framework Lot 1- Diagnostics to Medical Wire & Equipment CO. (Bath) Limited for the provision of liquid swabs for Kiestra automation for use in its Bristol Microbiology Laboratories. The consumables covered by this contract will include dry swabs, wood stick swabs, Transwab products (including swabs and mediums), VCM sigma swabs and Virocult swabs. The swabs are integral for use our 'BD Kiestra' automation system, which is used for the processing of wound, STI and MRSA screening samples and subsequent identification of bacterial pathogens. Approximately 2000 swab samples are processed on the Kiestra system each day.UKHSA believes that Medical Wire & Equipment CO. (Bath) Limited is the only supplier capable of providing the consumables we require for our critical screening services. Validation of the consumables took approximately 9 months to complete. During this time, extensive work was undertaken by BD engineers as part of the validation to ensure that the swabs were compatible with the complex automated parts of the Kiestra system, and MWE also modified the swab container lids to create a bespoke prod... - Documents :
Purchaser : UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3HX United Kingdom
Contact Person : Scientific Procurement
Email :science.cph@ukhsa.gov.uk
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