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Calibration Services

Calibration services
Scotland (UKM)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Lots published2
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS): "Calibration Services". Published status: active. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6.9Bids / Report
17.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 579 active published awards; 550 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
Last source update20 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationCalibration services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05cfa7
What is being bought
SNBTS requires a supplier to perform calibrations of a range of portable equipment, the majority of which is environmental monitoring and measuring loggers that require calibration to ISO 17025 by a UKAS accredited provider. The calibration service will require the collection and return of the equipment from various SNBTS sites. All equipment in scope requires annual calibration.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to active
    20 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    20 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  3. Submission deadline changed to 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
    20 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    20 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Calibration Services - Lot 1 (UKAS)
    active
    Published valueNot published
    The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service requires a supplier to calibrate certain pieces of portable environmental monitoring and measuring equipment. Lot 1 covers the provision of calibration services for environmental measuring / logging equipment used at various locations across the SNBTS operational sites.  Calibration of all equipment in lot 1 must be performed in accordance with the current version of ISO 17025 by an accredited organisation. ISO 17025 accreditation plays an important role in supporting the provision of accurate and reliable results which are an essential requirement for certain aspects of SNBTS’s operations.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Calibration SErvices - Lot 2
    active
    Published valueNot published
    The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service requires a supplier to calibrate certain pieces of portable environmental monitoring and measuring equipment only. The procurement will cover the provision of calibration services for environmental measuring / logging equipment used at various locations across the SNBTS operational sites. Lot 2 is for items that do not have to be calibrated in accordance with the requirements of ISO 17025.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    20 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Contracting authority GB-FTS-115937
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  • The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)
    buyer

    1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, UKM, EH12 9EB
    sheila.ferguson2@nhs.scot
    +44 1313145542
    Published organisation website

  • Sheriff Court House
    reviewBody

    27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB
    +44 1312252525
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