Official UK procurement notice
Point of Care Testing to support NHS Health Checks
Authority: London Borough of Bromley (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA Point of Care Testing (POCT) Service provides the equipment, consumables and training required for the cholesterol and HbAl c (diabetes) blood test which is an important part of the NHS Health Checks.
- How the procedure runs: The steps to be followed include: Conditions of Participation - to be evaluated with all of the successful suppliers being taken through to the next stage. Invitation to Tender - six quality questions to be evaluated and a further quality element with the inclusion of a practical demonstration of tenderers solutions included Best and Final Offer stage (if required). The Invitation to Tender stage may include clarification interviews which not evaluated but used to clarify and confirm tender scores. Best and Final Offer - Tenders resubmitted and evaluated to determine the winning bidder. Please note that this stage may not be required and the Council reserves the right to remove this stage at its discretion. Please see the tender documents for a full description of each stage.
CPV: Health and social work services · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£420,000
- Economic & financial standing
As a condition of participation, tenderers must demonstrate that they have sufficient financial standing to perform the contract.
they will be assessed in the following way:
The council will firstly obtain the tenderers credit rating using Data8 'Business insights' during the evaluation period. Tenderers that have a credit score of 50 or above and have met any minimum turnover requirements (if included) will be deemed to have sufficient financial standard.
Tenderers that have a credit rating below 50 will be subject to further financial checks. This will be in the form of ration analysis based on tenderers 'latest accounts (or other evidence, as uploaded by the tenderer on the find a tender site). Specifically, tenderers must demonstrate the following:
- Trade debtor days to be a maximum of 60 days.
- trade creditor days to be a maximum of 60 days
- current ration is to be above 0.6
- debt to equity ratio to be under 3
for avoidance of doubt, if a tenderer does not meet the criteria above it will be excluded from the process without further evaluation.
- Technical & professional ability
question 1: Relevant experience and contract examples - Pass/fail
question 2: Scientific evidence of the accuracy of the POCT Devices - pass/fail
to refer to the tender documentation for full description
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 award criteria (2)
- quality: Award criteria - 25% broken down as: Q1: Equipment - 25% Q2: Service Transition and delivery - 15% Q3: Governance, Data management and Data protection - 15% Q4: Training and support to the users of equipment - 15% Q5: Supply of consumables - 15% Q6: Quality assurance - 15% Practical demonstration - 15%
- price: The Council estimates this procurement opportunity based on best market valuation of an estimated annual contract value of £65,000 . To be considered for this opportunity, Tenderers shall have a minimum yearly turnover of at least equivalent to this amount. As a Condition of Participation, tenderers must demonstrate that they have sufficient financial standing to perform the contract. This will be assessed in the following way: - The Council will firstly obtain the tenderers' credit rating using Data8 'Business Insights' during the evaluation period. Tenderers that have a credit score of 50 or above and have met any minimum turnover requirements (if included) will be deemed to have sufficient financial standard. - Tenderers that have a credit rating below 50 will be subject to further financial checks. This will be in the form of ratio analysis based on the tenderers' latest accounts (or other evidence, as uploaded by the tenderer on the Find a Tender site). Specifically, tenderers must demonstrate the following: o Trade debtor days to be a maximum of 60 days. o Trade creditor days to be a maximum of 60 days. o Current ratio to be above 0.6. o Debt to equity ratio to be under 3. - If a tenderer does not meet the criteria above, it will be excluded from the process without further evaluation. - For clarity, if you are bidding as a consortium, only the turnover of the members that meet the financial standing criteria (above) will be considered when determining if the minimum turnover requirements (if included) are achieved.
- Economic & financial standing
As a condition of participation, tenderers must demonstrate that they have sufficient financial standing to perform the contract.
they will be assessed in the following way:
The council will firstly obtain the tenderers credit rating using Data8 'Business insights' during the evaluation period. Tenderers that have a credit score of 50 or above and have met any minimum turnover requirements (if included) will be deemed to have sufficient financial standard.
Tenderers that have a credit rating below 50 will be subject to further financial checks. This will be in the form of ration analysis based on tenderers 'latest accounts (or other evidence, as uploaded by the tenderer on the find a tender site). Specifically, tenderers must demonstrate the following:
- Trade debtor days to be a maximum of 60 days.
- trade creditor days to be a maximum of 60 days
- current ration is to be above 0.6
- debt to equity ratio to be under 3
for avoidance of doubt, if a tenderer does not meet the criteria above it will be excluded from the process without further evaluation.
- Technical & professional ability
question 1: Relevant experience and contract examples - Pass/fail
question 2: Scientific evidence of the accuracy of the POCT Devices - pass/fail
to refer to the tender documentation for full description
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jul 2025, 12:11 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2026, 08:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
CDB: 10801- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057606- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055cc8Find a Tender
- How it runs
The steps to be followed include:
Conditions of Participation - to be evaluated with all of the successful suppliers being taken through to the next stage.
Invitation to Tender - six quality questions to be evaluated and a further quality element with the inclusion of a practical demonstration of tenderers solutions included
Best and Final Offer stage (if required). The Invitation to Tender stage may include
clarification interviews which not evaluated but used to clarify and confirm tender scores.
Best and Final Offer - Tenders resubmitted and evaluated to determine the winning bidder.
Please note that this stage may not be required and the Council reserves the right to remove this stage at its discretion.
Please see the tender documents for a full description of each stage.
- Risks
The Department of Health and Social Care are currently piloting an online NHS Health Check to increase the capacity and accessible of NHS Health Checks. This is planned to run alongside current arrangements however it is not known how this will impact on the current offer. The date for roll out implementation in Bromley of the NHS Health Check online is not yet know but Bromley is not one of the early implementers. There may be a need to review this contract once the NHS Health Checks online is live and the impacts are assessed.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the London Tenders Portal (www.londontenders.org ↗)
Timeline
10 Jul 2025 → 17 Aug 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published10 Jul 2025, 12:11 BST
- Market engagement16 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
As part of the procurement for a POCT provider, Public Health, Bromley are inviting Suppliers of POCT for cholesterol and HbA1c to attend a Market Engagement Event to be held on Thursday 17th July 2025 from 14.00hrs to 16.00hrs via MS Teams.
Interested providers must email their contact's details including names, company details and email addresses to: [email protected]
- Tender notice published18 Sept 2025, 10:55 BST
- Clarification questions by384 days ago6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline377 days ago13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by267 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent248 days ago19 Feb 2026
- Contract starts207 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends73 days ago12 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published69 days ago17 Aug 2026, 08:31 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Jul 2025, 12:11 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published18 Sept 2025, 10:55 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active18 Sept 2025, 10:55 BST
- Procurement method changed18 Sept 2025, 10:55 BST
- Deadline published: 13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST18 Sept 2025, 10:55 BST
- Contract award notice published31 Jul 2026, 14:19 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete31 Jul 2026, 14:19 BST
- Contract signature expected13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published17 Aug 2026, 08:31 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-07: 1 release · 10 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHR Pharmaceuticals LtdSME13 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2034 · up to 31 Mar 2036Extensions: Extension to be applied at the sole discretion of the Council depending on service requirements, available budget and performance of the supplier. | £650,000 | 12 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Point of Care Testing to support NHS Health Checks · BHR Pharmaceuticals LtdSME
- Signed
- 13 Aug 2026
- Value
- £650,000
- Period
- 13 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2034 · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extension to be applied at the sole discretion of the Council depending on service requirements, available budget and performance of the supplier.
3 agreed KPIs: Provision of equipment and efficient supply of consumables · Training · Quality assurance
- Provision of equipment and efficient supply of consumables, Monthly and quarterly reports to Public Health (included within contract monitoring). Failure to meet this KPI will result in a formal performance notice, with the commissioner reserving the right to withhold up to 10% of monthly service payments if non-compliance persists for longer than 30 days.
- Training, Training to be provided to all users including initial and refresher training with accurate records kept. Quarterly reports at contract monitoring meetings, in the event of non-compliance, this KPI will result in a formal performance notice.
- Quality assurance, POCT contractor to make arrangements for monitoring quality as per MHRA requirements. Quarterly reporting at contract monitoring meetings. In the event of non-compliance, this KPI will result in a formal performance notice.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BHR PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender