Official UK procurement notice
BWC Genetic Laboratory Managed Equipment Service PME
Authority: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)·Procurement run by: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The Genetics Laboratory currently manages equipment procurement, maintenance arrangements, consumable purchasing, inventory management and asset replacement through a combination of scientific, technical, procurement and support staff. While this model has successfully supported significant growth in genomic testing activity, a number of opportunities have been identified to improve resilience, standardisation and long-term sustainability.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Genetics Laboratory currently manages equipment procurement, maintenance arrangements, consumable purchasing, inventory management and asset replacement through a combination of scientific, technical, procurement and support staff. While this model has successfully supported significant growth in genomic testing activity, a number of opportunities have been identified to improve resilience, standardisation and long-term sustainability.
Specific challenges identified include:
- Increasing complexity and scale of genomic technologies.
- Managing a growing portfolio of equipment service and maintenance contracts.
- Requirement for more sophisticated inventory and stock management solutions.
- Need for improved resilience and continuity arrangements.
- Pressure on laboratory staff to undertake non-core operational activities.
- Requirement to maintain regulatory compliance whilst supporting service growth.
- Long-term capital replacement planning across a large and diverse equipment estate.
BWC is therefore exploring whether a Managed Equipment Service model could provide operational, financial and strategic benefits whilst maintaining full clinical, scientific and regulatory oversight
The contracting authority is undertaking a strategic review of its future operating models for laboratory assets, consumables, and associated support services. The current baseline expenditure across these categories is around £12 million annually. The estimated procurement value is currently set at £0 as the future scope, commercial structure, and delivery models are completely undefined. This UK2 notice is an invitation for preliminary market engagement to help shape our future requirements.
CPV: Medical specialist services
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How Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust buys Medical practice and related services (CPV 8512), and who usually turns up
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:24 GMT
- Authority reference
C491334- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107076- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b984Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Nov 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published45h ago11 Nov 2026, 12:24 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 19 days2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
The Genetics Laboratory currently manages equipment procurement, maintenance arrangements, consumable purchasing, inventory management and asset replacement through a combination of scientific, technical, procurement and support staff. While this model has successfully supported significant growth in genomic testing activity, a number of opportunities have been identified to improve resilience, standardisation and long-term sustainability.
Specific challenges identified include:
- Increasing complexity and scale of genomic technologies.
- Managing a growing portfolio of equipment service and maintenance contracts.
- Requirement for more sophisticated inventory and stock management solutions.
- Need for improved resilience and continuity arrangements.
- Pressure on laboratory staff to undertake non-core operational activities.
- Requirement to maintain regulatory compliance whilst supporting service growth.
- Long-term capital replacement planning across a large and diverse equipment estate.
BWC is therefore exploring whether a Managed Equipment Service model could provide operational, financial and strategic benefits whilst maintaining full clinical, scientific and regulatory oversight
The contracting authority is undertaking a strategic review of its future operating models for laboratory assets, consumables, and associated support services. The current baseline expenditure across these categories is around £12 million annually. The estimated procurement value is currently set at £0 as the future scope, commercial structure, and delivery models are completely undefined. This UK2 notice is an invitation for preliminary market engagement to help shape our future requirements.
- Tender notice expectedin 80 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 229 days1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Nov 2026, 12:24 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustProcuring entityBBCS Procurement Collaborative procure on behalf of BWC
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender