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title: "Independent Sector Collaboration in Diagnostic Service Transformation"
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# Independent Sector Collaboration in Diagnostic Service Transformation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-sector-collaboration-in-diagnostic-service-transformation-ocds-h6vhtk-05e566). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department of Health & Social Care: "Independent Sector Collaboration in Diagnostic Service Transformation". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Diagnostics and radiodiagnostic devices and supplies, Health services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-sector-collaboration-in-diagnostic-service-transformation-ocds-h6vhtk-05e566#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e566`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-sector-collaboration-in-diagnostic-service-transformation-ocds-h6vhtk-05e566#tl-md)

## Description
This market engagement is an opportunity to understand the IS offer so that we can inspire systems and trusts to work in partnership to achieve elective recovery and enable the ambition of the 10YHP. Diagnostic demand and capacity modelling estimates that 35% of the capacity required between 2026/27 and 2028/29 needs to come from the IS. This equates to an estimated additional 2 million tests and could be achieved through either capacity or productivity initiatives, including digital infrastructure and tools.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 33124000, 85100000

- **Contract Period:** 20/11/2025 to 18/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F075632-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-20T12:38:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T05:14:50.212Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e566