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Provision of Seegene rapid in-house SARS CoV 2 Testing System and Variant of Concern (VOC) testing

Laboratory
optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 00:17 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
1 published CPV family
Decision Velocity
~88 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 88 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£300,000
Contract/award value: £300,000
1 award supplier linked
Bidding Competition
1 bids
SME bid count not published
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 38)
Based on 2,782 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
27.72%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
2 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
88 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 38)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
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SHIMADZU UK LIMITEDCRN: 05342169
7 contracts£375,407,161At ceiling / not disclosed
7 contracts£210,000At ceiling / not disclosed
6 contracts£5,601,313,841At ceiling / not disclosed
6 contracts£5,600,927,799At ceiling / not disclosed
6 contracts£642,863,566At ceiling / not disclosed
Evidence coverage
6/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
Published procedurePublished valueMatching evidence
£125,000
same CPV family
same region
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Value not published
same CPV family
same region
£1,000,000
same CPV family
£600,000
same CPV family
PURCH2932 Provision of Laser Drilling and Patterning SystemUniversity of Glasgow · 1 Jul 2026, 15:06 BST
Value not published
same CPV family
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST: "Provision of Seegene rapid in-house SARS CoV 2 Testing System and Variant of Concern (VOC) testing". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUSTScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report (median)
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
VH Bio LimitedTop vendor: 45.4% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 240 active published awards; 229 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 38):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
VH Bio Limited2 wins£1,150,000
Accuscience Limited1 win£300,000
Bionano Genomics UK Ltd1 win£300,000
Accuscience Limited1 win£300,000
PerkinElmer Ltd1 win£275,000
Procedure terms
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published4 Oct 2021, 15:07 BST
Last source update4 Oct 2021, 15:07 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02db6b
What is being bought
Provision of Seegene rapid in-house SARS CoV 2 Testing System and Variant of Concern (VOC) testing
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    4 Oct 2021, 15:07 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    31 Aug 2021, 17:07 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    31 Aug 2021, 17:07 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    31 Aug 2021, 17:07 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Provision of Seegene rapid in-house SARS CoV 2 Testing System and Variant of Concern (VOC) testing
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Oct 2021, 15:07 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 21 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST · £300,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Accuscience Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Provision of Seegene rapid in-house SARS CoV 2 Testing System and Variant of Concern
£300,000 · signed 21 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

Contracting authority GB-FTS-4486
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  • BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
    buyer

    LISBURN ROAD, BELFAST, UKN06, BT97AB
  • Accuscience Limited
    supplier

    Unit 3, M7 Business Park, Naas, Kildare, IE
  • Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
    reviewBody

    Belfast, BT8 8BH
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No data
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNo reasonable alternative exists for this procurement, it is in the public interest and is required to enable the Regional Virology Laboratory to meet Covid-19 surge testing requirements. The absence of competition is not a result of the artificial narrowing of the parameters of the procurement