Official UK procurement notice
PPSA - Prepared Media · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Chemical products (24) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Published estimate£5,690,000total for 3 lots · £6,828,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Sept 2026
Lots 3see the lot list below
Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Nov 2031 · up to 30 Nov 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionInvitation to offer for the supply of Prepared Culture Media
Participating Trusts include:
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Any other NHS organisation in the South West of England region may join this contract at any time during the contract period.
CPV: Culture medium
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£5,690,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Bottled MediaRenewalPublished value£640,000
Bottled Media Products
Lot #2Plated MediaRenewalPublished value£4,070,000
Plated Media Products
Lot #3Chromogenic MediaRenewalPublished value£980,000
Chromogenic Media Products
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).
How bids were scored · same split on all 3 lots
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 20%
- Service: 10%
- Financial: 60%
- Net Zero & Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality
- Service
- Net Zero & Social Value
- Financial
What this means for your bid
- 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 24 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 15:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
C447288- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070122- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d2e4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
- Submission deadline
- 7 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All bids must be submitted using provided documentation via Atamis only.
Timeline
24 Jul 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published95 days ago24 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
- Latest notice published77 days ago10 Aug 2026, 15:26 BST
- Clarification questions by63 days ago24 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline49 days ago7 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 5 days1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 34 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2026- Tender notice published24 Jul 2026, 10:34 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published10 Aug 2026, 15:26 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 7 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST10 Aug 2026, 15:26 BST+14 days · was 24 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
Change to submission date
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender