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ESCC Provision of a Toxicology Analysis Service to the Coroner

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Location not published
Published value
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: East Sussex County Council: "ESCC Provision of a Toxicology Analysis Service to the Coroner". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityEast Sussex County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: East Sussex County Council
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Published history for East Sussex County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
COMPASS CONTRACT SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITEDTop vendor: 79.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
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Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 77 active published awards; 5 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. Published-to-award variance 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
COMPASS CONTRACT SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITED1 win£72,800,000
East Sussex Healthcare Trust1 win£15,358,626
Citizens Advice 10661 win£1,800,000
Park Practice Partnership1 win£636,000
IMPERIUM RESOURCE HOLDINGS LIMITED1 win£480,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityEast Sussex County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published14 Apr 2026, 16:46 BST
Last source update14 Apr 2026, 16:46 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06825a
What is being bought
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. East Sussex County Council are intending to award a new contract to an existing provider following the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award C for the delivery of a Toxicology Analysis Service to the Coroner on post-mortem samples, and for the provision of professional witnesses at Coroner's inquests (as required). The contract duration will be for an initial period of three (3) years, with option to extend for a period of up to 24 months at the Council's discretion, commencing April 2026. The total contract value (including the extension) is £350,000 (excluding VAT). The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to amy.wilkinson@eastsussex.gov.uk by midnight of the 24th April 2026.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    14 Apr 2026, 16:46 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    14 Apr 2026, 16:46 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    14 Apr 2026, 16:46 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    14 Apr 2026, 16:46 BST
  2. Award active
    14 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · £350,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SUSSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
£350,000 · 14 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · active
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

East Sussex County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PXGX-2145-PRQJ
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  • East Sussex County Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PXGX-2145-PRQJ
    County Hall, St Anne's Crescent, Lewes, UKJ22, BN7 1UE, GB
    debby.rowley@eastsussex.gov.uk

  • UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SUSSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PBML-4931-GQBT
    Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, UKJ27, BN11 2DH, GB
    uhsussex.procurement@nhs.net
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