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Microbiology Services - Clinical Advisory service

Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES NHS TRUST →

BuyerCAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES NHS TRUST

Statusplanned

Deadline15 Sept 2025

Value£10,430

Published5 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Provision of Microbiology Services for Referred Microbiology, Virology and Serological Investigations - Clinical Advisory service

Delivery location

UK, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Value£10,430

Contract periodFrom 16 Sept 2025 to 31 Mar 2026

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Health services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health services (85100000); 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 set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 85	25,287	1 median · 25.8 average (13,523 of 25,287 with a bid count)	1.9 average (14,736 of 25,287 with named award suppliers)	10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer	3	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UK	1,348	2 median · 48.6 average (511 of 1,348 with a bid count)	3.9 average (645 of 1,348 with named award suppliers)	1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	53	1 median · 6 average (3 of 53 with a bid count)	2 average (3 of 53 with named award suppliers)	2 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

£6,785 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £10,430.

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 policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-059518
Latest release ID	054351-2025
Latest release timestamp	Fri Sep 05 2025 13:58:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	open
Procurement method details	Below threshold - open competition
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	No
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	2025-09-15T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£10,430
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
5 Sept 2025	planningUpdate	054351-2025
5 Sept 2025	planning	054346-2025

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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