Official UK procurement notice
CPU 6555 Toxicology Services
Authority: Nottingham City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UKEast Midlands (UKF14)
Published estimate£725,000≈ £363k / year · £725,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 6 Oct 2025awarded 25 Nov 2025
Awarded to Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Oct 2027 · up to 1 Nov 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionToxicology Services for the use of HM Senior Coroner. The services shall be provided in relation to deaths for which the Coroner assumes jurisdiction.
CPV: Laboratory services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£725,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Sept 2025, 15:07 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2026, 13:21 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
CPU 6555- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054358- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059520Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: East Midlands Tendering
Access & registration note: Free regional portal
- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
5 Sept 2025 → 25 Mar 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 15:07 BST
- Clarification questions by384 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline379 days ago6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by361 days ago24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts354 days ago1 Nov 2025
- Assessment summaries sent330 days ago25 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends315 days ago9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published209 days ago25 Mar 2026, 13:21 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 15:07 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published27 Nov 2025, 09:33 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Nov 2025, 09:33 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Mar 2026, 13:21 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £725,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustjoint award5 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2028 · up to 4 Jan 2029Extensions: At the discretion of the local authority | £725,000 | 25 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 9 Feb 2026
- Value
- £725,000
- Period
- 9 Feb 2026 – 8 Feb 2028 · up to 8 Feb 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- As decided by the Council
No agreed KPIs: Under £5 million
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTAwarded supplier
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender