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# NHS Scotland Bowel Screening FIT Kits, Distribution and Analysers

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-scotland-bowel-screening-fit-kits-distribution-and-analysers-ocds-h6vhtk-02b34d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Tayside: "NHS Scotland Bowel Screening FIT Kits, Distribution and Analysers". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Tayside](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-tayside-GB-FTS-2872)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), Medical consumables
- **Delivery Location:** UKM71
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,917,304 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b34d`

## 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/nhs-scotland-bowel-screening-fit-kits-distribution-and-analysers-ocds-h6vhtk-02b34d#tl-md)

## Description
Tenders were invited from suitably qualified Contractors who wished to participate in a competition for the appointment of a single vendor agreement as part of the delivery of the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme. The agreement is for 5 years for the supply and distribution of a Quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit per individual invitation, to be analysed on an appropriate Automated Test Platform. This was referred to in the documents as the Complete FIT Solution.
All bowel screening participant were therefore to provide a FIT solution that also took into consideration both mailing of the test out to the participant and returning by mail back in to the Laboratory. The FIT will be issued by post (via a third party outsource mail fulfillment supplier) and returned by post to the Laboratory for testing. Each FIT will be required to be easily packaged to Royal Mail standards.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33140000, 38000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Tenders were invited from suitably qualified Contractors who wished to participate in a competition for the appointment of a single vendor agreement as part of the delivery of the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme. The agreement is for 5 years for t...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011227-2021-NP1006/20-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Alpha Laboratories Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134542`
  - Value: £3,917,304 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011227-2021-NP1006/20-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,917,304
  - Signed Date: 18/05/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011227-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-20T14:45:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:59:23.906Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b34d