Official UK procurement notice
BWC Genetics LIMS Pre-Market Engagement
Authority: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)·Procurement run by: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionC&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 publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust buys Software package and information systems (CPV 48), and who usually turns up
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation 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: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →
How the contest usually goes
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Half of these awards have an award date within 61 days of the bid deadline.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid17% / 15%
2–333% / 33%
4–633% / 35%
7+17% / 18%
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Below estimate13% / 42%
Within ±2%13% / 23%
Above estimate75% / 35%
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Lot #1CPV 48No real estimate
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1 bid15%
2–333%
4–635%
7+18%
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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.
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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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BST
- Authority reference
C473168- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090141- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07789fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published51 days ago23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BST
- Market engagement22 days ago21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
28 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
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 17 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 138 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Sept 2026, 13:42 BSTUK2
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 are the procurement management organisation for 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