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HomeTest - Preliminary Market Engagement
Health services
Location not published
Published value
£0
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: NHS England: "HomeTest - Preliminary Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Published value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | NHS England | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £0 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS England
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NHS England. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
22.8Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Anna FreudTop vendor: 29.6% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 859 active published awards; 13 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Freud | 1 win | £5,862,540 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | 1 win | £4,809,159 |
| NHS Shared Business Services Limited | 1 win | £4,393,727 |
| Pearson Professional Assessments Limited | 1 win | £4,374,320 |
| Timewise Foundation CIC | 1 win | £166,667 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS England | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published10 Apr 2026, 11:37 BST | Last source update10 Apr 2026, 11:37 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationHealth services | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067c3a | ||
What is being bought
This is not a procurement exercise. This is a market engagement exercise in support of the NHS England's home testing programme which was announced as part of the 10 Year Plan. The programme is seeking to explore the feasibility of establishing a single, trusted national home testing capability that will enable individuals to order, complete and receive results from clinically validated diagnostic tests from home, integrated into the NHS App and aligned with national screening, monitoring, treatment and prevention ambitions.
This exercise is designed to understand the potential capability of the supplier market to inform the future development of the programme. This exercise does not currently include point of care testing capability but is focused on self-sample collection and laboratory analysis.
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £0
10 Apr 2026, 11:37 BST - Official notice release published
10 Apr 2026, 11:37 BST - Published value updated to £35,000,000
2 Apr 2026, 16:03 BST - Status changed to planning
2 Apr 2026, 16:03 BST - Official notice release published
2 Apr 2026, 16:03 BST - Buyer information updated
2 Apr 2026, 16:03 BST - Published tender amendment
Not publishedThis notice has been updated to remove the estimated contract value. These figures were always indicative only. However, as a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise rather than a procurement, their inclusion risked creating a misleading impression of the purpose and status of this engagement. This notice is intended solely to help NHS England understand the current market landscape for home testing services and does not presuppose any particular procurement route, value or timeline. In addition there have been some updates to the RFI and in light of those we are giving suppliers further time to respond. The revised date will be 5pm on 30th April 2026.
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
10 Apr 2026, 11:37 BST - Procedure published
10 Apr 2026, 11:37 BST - engagement
30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduledThe Authority is initially seeking to: Test market current activity, future capacity and capability Understand commercial models, pricing structures and supply chain and logistics approaches Identify innovative approaches Assess risks and delivery models Proposed Engagement Activities: To address the above, the Authority is seeking responses to a market questionnaire and in addition to this, the Authority may undertake: One-to-one meetings All supplier meetings Solution workshops How to Participate: Those wishing to participate in the engagement process should register their interest by completing and submitting the questionnaire which can be found at the following link: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome C436125 The closing date for responses is: 5pm on Thursday 30th April 2026. Responses received after this time will not be accepted. Important Information: This notice is not a call for competition and no submissions will evaluated leading to any contract award as this is about understanding the market. The Authority is not committed to undertaking any procurement. Participation will not prejudice involvement in any future procurement process. Information shared may be published to ensure transparency. Participation will not give any advantage in any future procurement process Note the above may be subject to change and NHSE will update the market should this be the case. The response deadline to the Market Engagement Questionnaire is 5pm, 30th April 2026, via Health Family Atamis Portal - https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
NHS England
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDPT-3135-BWWYDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 10 Apr 2026, 11:37 BST
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |