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title: "Provision of Echo-cardiogram and Sickle Cell Trait testing for University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) Candidates - Tender Notice"
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# Provision of Echo-cardiogram and Sickle Cell Trait testing for University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) Candidates - Tender Notice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-echo-cardiogram-and-sickle-cell-trait-testing-for-university-officer-training-ocds-h6vhtk-0587fb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "Provision of Echo-cardiogram and Sickle Cell Trait testing for University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) Candidates - Tender Notice". Published status: complete. Published Value: £102,500. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: contracts.mod.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** £102,500 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 September 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical specialist services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £162,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-echo-cardiogram-and-sickle-cell-trait-testing-for-university-officer-training-ocds-h6vhtk-0587fb#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0587fb`

## 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/provision-of-echo-cardiogram-and-sickle-cell-trait-testing-for-university-officer-training-ocds-h6vhtk-0587fb#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contracts.mod.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontracts.mod.uk%2Fesop%2Fguest%2Fgo%2Fopportunity%2Fdetail%3FopportunityId%3D60188)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-echo-cardiogram-and-sickle-cell-trait-testing-for-university-officer-training-ocds-h6vhtk-0587fb#participate

## Description
To meet the needs of the University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) entry medical assessments as part of annual recruiting programme. The UOTC entry medicals are funded outside of the Recruiting Partnership Programme (RPP) contract and UOTC entry medicals require a commercial contract to provide the provisions of Echocardiograms (Echo) for approximately 90 x UOTC candidates and Sickle Cell Trait (SCT) blood testing for 300 candidates annually. 
As part of UOTC recruiting programme, UOTC Entry Medical Cell (UEMC) delivers entry medicals to circa 1800 university students/candidates annually who are interested in joining the UOTC. Recruiting Year (RY) 2025/26 will see an increase of candidates to circa 2200. The provision of Echo and SCT testing is a crucial part of the entry medical assessment process to confirm the suitability of candidates to join the UOTC.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85121200

- **Estimated Value:** £102,500

- **Contract Period:** 29/09/2025 to 29/09/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Echo-cardiogram and Sickle Cell Trait testing for University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) Candidates (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **ASG Rescue Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:16017800`
  - Value: £162,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 28/09/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £162,000
  - Signed Date: 09/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F048785-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-24T09:25:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T17:33:14.168Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0587fb