Official UK procurement notice
NHSS Bowel Screening Test Kits and Analysers
Authority: NHS Tayside (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Tayside, on behalf of NHS Scotland, required a new short-term contract for the purchase of the following products to ensure that the
Scottish Bowel Screening Programme could issue, receive and analyse Test Kits for Bowel Cancer detection:
- Bowel Screening Test Kit Analysers to meet the annual throughput of c650,000. This is also to include any necessary software and
associated hardware (e.g. Scanners, Printers or Data Storage) and include maintenance costs.
- Consumables and reagents for use with the Analysers, sufficient to meet the annual through put of c650,000 test kits. These will be
purchased on standing order.
- Bowel Screening Test Kits, for issue with the Invitation to participate in the Screening programme, at c1,000,000 test kits per annum,
increasing at c2 percent per annum in quantity. These will be purchased on most economical basis (i.e. annual delivery to Fulfilment
House, or quarterly deliveries).
- Bowel Screening Return Packaging. Each Invitation must include a return package, suitable for transportation through Royal Mail.
CPV: Blood-testing reagents · Diagnostic supplies · Diagnostic systems · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Medical consumables
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,400,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- NHS Requirement: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- NHS Requirement: 60
- Cost: 40
- Suitability
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: 4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of GBP1,600,000 for the last 3 years. 4B.2.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of GBP1,600,000 for he last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract. 4B.5 It is a requ…
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Jun 2025, 15:17 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2026, 13:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Aug 2025 – …
- Authority reference
NP1006/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059863- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055614Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the Contract Agreement has be entered into will not affect the Contract Agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the Contract Agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
Publisher note: The estimated values referred to in Section II.1.7 and V.2.4 covers the 24 months contract duration and the 12 month extension period of the framework agreement. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 29512. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:801852) (SC Ref:816153)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST
Timeline
11 Aug 2025 → 25 Jun 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline11 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST
- Bids opened11 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST
- Notice published119 days ago25 Jun 2026, 13:39 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Jun 2026, 13:39 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Laboratories LimitedSME | £2,534,107 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 059863-2026-NP1006/25-1 · Alpha Laboratories LimitedSME
- Signed
- 24 Jun 2026
- Value
- £2,534,107
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dundee Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Alpha Laboratories LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.