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title: "Consumables Reagents and Equipment DPS"
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# Consumables Reagents and Equipment DPS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consumables-reagents-and-equipment-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-02997f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department of Health & Social Care: "Consumables Reagents and Equipment DPS". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: £4,000,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Apr 2021, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: health.atamis.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £4,000,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 April 2021 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** All other non-therapeutic products, Analysers, Blood-testing reagents, Chemical products, Clinical products (+8 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02997f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consumables-reagents-and-equipment-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-02997f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health.atamis.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealth.atamis.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consumables-reagents-and-equipment-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-02997f#participate

## Description
The DPS Agreement will provide the Authority with the opportunity to procure the Goods and/or Services and such other ancillary goods and/or services as covered by the CPV codes in the Contract Notice from various Suppliers to support the Authority's Test and Trace programme and other departments or Executive Agencies of the Department of Health and Social Care incl. PHE and NIHP. This DPS Agreement is a new offering from the Authority and is intended to work in parallel with existing and newly established frameworks. As COVID-19 develops, the Authority is ensuring it has compliant procurement models in place to access the widest and most appropriate technologies and products. Our aim is to continually access products as they come to market to ensure the best testing services are offered to the public. Suppliers can bid for any or all of the Lots: The indicative Goods and Services have been set out below in order to demonstrate the scope of the DPS and are not exhaustive.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 24000000, 33124100, 33124110, 33124130, 33695000, 33696000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £4,000,000,000
- **Description:** NHS Test & Trace, part of the Department for Health and Social Care (the Authority) is seeking to establish a DPS for the provision of Consumables, Reagents, Equipment and Ancillary Services.The DPS Agreement will be managed by the Authority and any ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005669-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-19T16:56:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T00:22:09.926Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02997f