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ClosedFind a Tender · UK4
BuyerSecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
StatusClosed
Deadline24 Aug 2026
Value£16,400,000
Published1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

UK Health Security Agency are currently out to tender for the provision of culture media consumables for regional and reference laboratories. Deadline for submissions of the tender will be 12:00 noon on Monday 24th August 2026. Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted. Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the website. Please do not engage with any persons in UKHSA via email or phone regarding this tender. UK3: Planned procurement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-036460 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0522e0 (view related notices) Published 22 April 2026, 10:44am

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Reagents and contrast media 33696000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£16,400,000
Contract periodFrom 8 Oct 2026 to 7 Oct 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Commercial Envelope — 30% (30%)
Technical Envelope — 60% (60%)
Social Value Envelope — 10% (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Reagents and contrast mediaNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 33. The category anchor is Reagents and contrast media (33696000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 331,8422 median · 100.3 average (632 of 1,842 with a bid count)6.1 average (730 of 1,842 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer36Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK44914 median · 357.8 average (126 of 449 with a bid count)14.4 average (150 of 449 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)12321.5 median · 28.3 average (8 of 123 with a bid count)6.5 average (8 of 123 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0522e0
Latest release ID061579-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 01 2026 10:02:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061579-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-24T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-13T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-28T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£16,400,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Jul 2026tender061579-2026
22 Apr 2026planning036460-2026
23 May 2025planning026438-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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