Official UK procurement notice
CWPS - Pathology Sample Transportation
Authority: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: HealthTrust Europe LLP
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCoventry and Warwickshire Pathology Services (“CWPS”) is seeking a partner to implement a dedicated Pathology Transport Service which will provide sample, consumable and chemical transport.
Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology Service (“CWPS”) is a managed network of pathology laboratories hosted by University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW). Laboratory services are provided by laboratories at University Hospital, Coventry; Warwick Hospital, Warwick; and George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton.
CPV: Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver · Pathology services · Road transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust buys Hospital and related services (CPV 8511), and who usually turns up
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Hospital and related services (CPV 8511) →
How the contest usually goes
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
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Lot #1CPV 8511Published estimate£20m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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1 bid39%
2–331%
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Where the award price may land.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 6 Jan 2026, 14:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2026, 14:29 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000709- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06002cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Jan 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published289 days ago6 Jan 2026, 14:29 GMT
- Market engagement51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) will conduct this preliminary market engagement exercise through virtual meetings/in-person discussions/telephone discussions and site visits with potential suppliers capable of delivering Pathology Sample Transportation services.
The engagement will be conducted from 06/01/2026 until 01/09/2026.
The purpose of the engagement is to:
-Understand the existing service offering within the market and vehicles currently in use in suppliers’ fleet;
-Discuss the current and future impact of the company along the areas of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework to assess the company’s overall performance on sustainability and ethical issues that are relevant to Pathology Sample Transport;
-Discuss current and emerging market capabilities and innovations to understand what added value can be provided;
- Identify all potential suppliers of this requirement, including SMEs, and give them the opportunity to be respond to this tender opportunity;
- Explore commercial structure that reflects market expectations and meets the requirements of any Contracting Authorities; and
- Notify the market of the upcoming opportunity and support supplier readiness for future procurement and contract award.
Interested parties please reach out to Eman Majid ([email protected]) at HealthTrust Europe to schedule engagement meeting.
- Tender notice expected26 days ago26 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Jan 2026, 14:29 GMTUK2
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
- HealthTrust Europe LLPProcess contact pointProcuring entityOn 11th August 2021, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) published a contract notice for procurement partner services. HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) was selected to provide these services under the MSE Framework, including access to HTE's public sector frameworks. HTE is now conducting this procurement exercise as part of its services to the Customers under the MSE Framework.
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