Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BWC Genetics LIMS Pre-Market Engagement

Authority: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Budget not disclosed£0£0 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 30 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsup to 7 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

C&S GMS is progressing the development of a Distributed Analysis (DA) operating model, enabling genomic testing activity to be undertaken across the multiple laboratory sites while operating as a single regional service. To support this model, BWC is seeking market engagement with suppliers capable of providing a modern Genomic Laboratory Information System (LIMS) to improve functionality within the wider GMS network.

The future solution must support the end-to-end genomic testing pathway, enabling laboratories across the network to access, manage, analyse and report genomic information irrespective of where testing activity is undertaken. The objective is to improve resilience, efficiency standardisation and service scalability whilst maintaining compliance with NHS, UK regulatory and information governance requirements.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 7 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: West Midlands
Extensions
Extension options published
48000000 Software package and information systems

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BST
Authority reference
C473168
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07789f

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published3 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BST
  2. Market engagementin 26 days
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST28 day Preliminary Market Engagement opportunity to scope a future solution for the C&S Genomics team of a Genomic Laboratory Information System (LIMS). Information available at health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ - opportunity C473168
  3. Tender notice expectedin 66 days
    30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 187 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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Contracts (0)
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Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNXM-2771-CPCW Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6NH

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

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