Pathology Services (SW Pathology Cluster)
Tender Overview
About this tender
South West Healthcare (SWH) is acting as the Lead Agency in the cluster procurement of Pathology Services with: Western District Health Service (WDHS), Portland District Health (PDH), Timboon and District Healthcare Service (TDHS); and Heywood Rural Health (HRH). As the Lead agency, SWH will be the party to the agreement for all Health Services in the Cluster, and each Agency will have their own Service Level Agreement and pricing schedules. The Initial Term of the proposed agreement will be 5 years. Health Share Victoria (HSV) has provided direction pursuant to section132(2)(c)(i) of the Health Services Act 1988 (Vic) (Act), for SWH to act as lead agency and undertake the Cluster Procurement Activity for SWH, WDHS, PDH, TDHS and HRHS, collectively referred to as the South West Pathology Cluster (SWPC). Enquiries: Jason Wass (Enquiries) (available for comment submission) Office: +61 (03) 55631444 Email: jwass@swh.net.au Michael Lukeis (Enquiries) Email: mlukeis@swh.net.au
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