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ESNEFT2745 - Pathology Labels, Forms and Packaging

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BuyerEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
StatusClosed
Deadline5 Jun 2026
Value£5,000,000
Published22 May 2026

What is being bought

Supply of Non-clinical consumables for use within various pathology disciplines, community settings and across primary care inclusive of forms, labels and packaging

Categories

Pathology services 85111800

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£5,000,000
Contract periodFrom 15 Oct 2026 to 14 Oct 2031

Award criteria
Capability Assessment — Pass/Fail evaluation of the Capability Assessment

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Pathology servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Pathology services (85111800); 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 8524,6111 median · 26.3 average (13,055 of 24,611 with a bid count)1.9 average (14,222 of 24,611 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer8Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8153.5 median · 19.6 average (24 of 815 with a bid count)2 average (24 of 815 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“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.

Indicative price outcome

£3,252,998 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £5,000,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

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-067e13
Latest release ID047553-2026
Latest release timestampFri May 22 2026 09:01:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047553-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-06-05T12:00:00+01:00
Enquiry deadline2026-05-22T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-01T23:59:59+01:00
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Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£5,000,000
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
22 May 2026tender047553-2026
8 Apr 2026planning031979-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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