Official UK procurement notice
Aseptic Test Media · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (NHS & healthcare)
Aseptic Test Media Consumables.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAseptic Test Media Consumables
CPV: Medical consumables
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£28,045
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
Lot awarding rule: See docs attached.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £28,007 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust buys Medical consumables (CPV 3314), and who usually turns up
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Medical consumables (CPV 3314) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands (authority’s region).
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 73 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid14%
2–318%
4–620%
7+47%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate36% / 33%
Within ±2%18% / 33%
Above estimate45% / 33%
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3314Published estimate£28k
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid19%
2–326%
4–634%
7+22%
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Based on 12 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£25k–£28k
Estimate£28k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Group Laboratory LtdWorked for this buyer | Aseptic Test Medianotice published Jan 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| M.I.S.S. Ophthalmics LimitedWorked for this buyer | Ophthalmicnotice published Mar 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £827k4 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 4 live · £827k i | 13% below n=2 | |
Pfizer LtdLarge | £28m45 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 19 live · £28m i | no comparable pairs |
| £4.3m5 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £4.9m i | no comparable pairs | |
| £1.7m3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £612k i | no comparable pairs | |
| £139k2 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 2 live · £139k i | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Nov 2026, 14:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2026, 14:18 GMT
- Authority reference
C491892- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108056- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bbcaFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis (Health Family)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
13 Nov 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published1h ago13 Nov 2026, 14:18 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 9 days23 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 9 days23 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 79 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Nov 2026, 14:18 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender