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BuyerSecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£333,333
Published30 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Provision of a biological sampling service for public health management of incidents and outbreaks in England

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Administrative healthcare services 75122000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2027

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Administrative healthcare servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 75. The category anchor is Administrative healthcare services (75122000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 758543 median · 61.6 average (219 of 854 with a bid count)3.8 average (265 of 854 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2104 median · 144.5 average (56 of 210 with a bid count)7.5 average (79 of 210 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5811.5 median · 11.5 average (2 of 58 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 58 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
PMEN to share with the market a draft Specification for this tender opportunity. The draft specification can be viewed via this link: https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/Sr000001Cvef/2.WE_08t6fLMCE82XkydcMZdIy9zCM1uPqGAtxEFeIM Suppliers are encouraged to: 1. Review the draft Specification and raise any queries they may have with regards to its content 2. Respond if they are interested in this opportunity Please note that the contract value allows for surge capacity, the anticipated contract spend for Business-as-usual requirements is likely to be considerably lower. Suppliers should email Emma.j.lewis@ukhsa.gov.uk with the following in the email title: C390025 /W191323 Biological sampling service Queries will not be responded to individually but will be addressed through the final version of the Specification that will be issued with the Invitation to Tender. The Specification is therefore subject to change. Any subsequent procurement will be preceded by the relevant notice. Suppliers who have not responded to this PMEN will be able to participate in any subsequent tender.engagement6 Oct 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a53c
Latest release ID061012-2025
Latest release timestampTue Sep 30 2025 15:11:48 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£333,333
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Sept 2025planning061012-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
30 Sept 2025 · 061012-2025 · planning
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